When Daddy doesn’t come home

The choice was his

He made a decision

He stood on the footprints

Where so many had stood before him

He entered a world

Now a brother for life

Semper Fidelis

He now understood

Was more than just words

He trained and he fought

For his daughter and wife

He fought for his country

He gave up his life

His wife’s full of pain

When she looks into those eyes

As her daughter asks

When is daddy coming home?