John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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I WENT TO MINNESOTA, FOR TWO DAYS:
NOW, BACK TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, I RETURNED TODAY:
        YESTERDAY, BELLA MY GRANDAUGHTER WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM:
         SO, AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT -----I GOT  A RETURN TICKET TO GET HOME AS FAST AS I CAN, SOON:
MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, THAT SHI IS GOING TO BE OKAY:
I TOLD HER, IT DONT MATTER, CAUSE I AM COMING HOME, IM ON MY WAY:
         BELLA, SHE IS MY YOUNGEST, GRAND DAUGHTER, NOW AT 15--MONTHS OLD:
         IM IN A HURRY, TO GET HOME TO HER, TO HUG AND HOLD:
WHEN I WAS A FATHER, FOR ALL OF MY CHILDREN:
I WORRIED ABOUT THEM, EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND I DID MY VERY BEST, TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, AS I WAS DEPLOYED, ALL OVER THE WORLD, AS A MARINE, TO PROTECT, AND DEFEND:
        NOW, MY DEPLOYMENT DAYS, ARE LONG GONE:
        AND IM GOING HOME, TO BABY BELLA, WHERE I KNOW THAT I BELONG:




23--NOVEMBER--2015:
BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:


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