All the People Cried Today/Poem/Pearlie Duncan Walker

All The People Cried Today
By Pearlie Duncan Walker ©

Word came among us in this wonderful Country, the USA,
That some of our men were killed in an accident today,
But they would not have been, had not it been for a coward in a cave,
This wonderful marines family would not had to bury him in a grave.

When we heard of these men, we knew not what we could say,
But all the people of America paused, and cried today,
For the marines, sailors and all the service men to go the way,
Of the places they need to go, to keep the people safe in the USA.

Our hearts go out to all the families of a missing son, their soldier boy,
‘Cause we miss him too, even though we never saw his face of joy,
When running and playing as a child, or somber faced as a man on his way,
To join up and help fight the enemy for our protection in this evil of days.

Many go and win the wars of America and come back home again,
These are the valiant heroes of America, down to every single man,
They take the chance to go and die for us, we need to lean their way,
Give them comfort in all things, so the people wont have to cry today.

I know the good Lord took them home, their soul is with God now,
They did their duty here on earth, and won the crown of Glory somehow,
With the Father watching their every move, He must have needed them some way,
But for the ardor of love we feel and sadness of our loss, all the people cried today.