THELASTTIMEISAIDGOODBYE





		I drift into the pain All the time You interrupted my life! I was doing just fine Now vivid memories Haunt me day and night And intrusive thoughts Of what it was like Just a youngster I was! Snatched for your cause You couldn't tell me face to face You did it by letter What a disgrace! I glanced at my mother With much despair She looked at me How do they dare? To my brothers and sisters The draft was a crime "He's too young, Come back for him another time!" My wife gave me such a stare " What's wrong with this country? "It just isn't fair!" "He's barely a man, can't you see?" I explained to my daughter As best I could I was going away?? She never understood The pain, it heightened I was scared and frightened To ease the fears I stuffed the tears I'd sit up all night "Why me? " Did I have to fight?" Lost and confused, Adrift in my thinking Afraid for my life I found relief in drinking I still see Those bottles of rum and coke See back in those days I didn't use dope One last look at where I slept One last drink To "Ooh Child" By the Five Stairsteps Morning came Soon enough I packed some clothes And "memory" stuff One last farewell And a hug from my dad He too stuffed his tears He too was sad I still have visions Of that day When my life stopped When you took me away.

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