I remember a day not so long ago <br />You sat under hot CBS lights <br />Giving your account <br />Of that first 'Day of Infamy' <br />You were there <br />You said it was your honor <br />To raise Old Glory <br />That December seven morning <br />At first light on Hickam AFB, Hawaii <br />Forty-eight hours later <br />You lowered it <br />Though it was torn and ragged <br />It waved bravely on <br /> <br />Both you and that beautiful flag <br />Made it <br />And so <br />I am here to retell your story <br /> <br />Daddy, there has been another infamous day <br />I am thankful you were not here to see it <br />But, Daddy, our flag, tattered yet intact <br />Still flies <br />Because of heroes like you, Dad <br />It shall always wave <br />Over the land of the free<br /><br />Barbara Attaway<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dear-daddy-14/
