The Wait By David G. Bancroft, USA Patriotism! Founder/Owner 
The minutes tick by slowly with each hour seeming like a day and sleep coming only when my eyes can no longer stay open to glimpse the latest news of what might involve you.
And so I wait each day thinking about you with little else that I can do than hope and pray for your safe return and the ending of my loving concern.
Oh, the pride is still there strong as it has ever been even well before when your duty to country sent you into harm's way that memorable day.
And I know you are doing your very best in meeting this most difficult test, fighting for the USA so that freedom may ring for so many more beyond America's shore.
So, my wait will endure until my eyes are sure that the man I see walking up to me is my grown boy... bringing me so much joy! By David G. Bancroft Founder/Owner USA Patriotism! Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved Thoughts about poem Request to use poem
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Author's Note: While my "The Wait" poem is a reflection of the deep, draining emotions that my wife and I felt during our youngest son's combat duty with his fellow Marines and other U.S. troops during the Iraq War ... it hopefully represents similar feelings that parents and other loved ones had (and yet to experience) for their respective valiant one(s) in combat ... which is excruciating with 24/7 media coverage ... that words cannot adequately convey. The associated image reminds waiting parents and loved ones of the eventual happy reunion ... hopefully waiting home.
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