Pearl Harbor and Me
Larry Linville
Her young face had that special glow
She counted the days ‘til the birth.
Six months down and three more to go
As her stomach increased in girth.
Her twenty-first birthday was near
Their first baby was on the way
Shocking news was soon to occur
On that dreadful Pearl Harbor day.
Did her brother survive that day
The news was so slow to arrive
How long would it be ‘til she heard
The word that he was still alive?
Stress effects the body they say.
How did it make her body stir?
And how much did this stress impact
that little baby inside her?
That answer we may never know
And probably will never see
No matter what the answer is
It has placed its impact on me.
© Copyright 2007 Larry Linville (UN: larrylinville at Writing.Com).
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