To the memory of my Dad <br />John Sandison Hutchison <br /> <br />“Son… I have bad news for you, <br />Your father died today”, <br />“Sorry…we’ll send you home” <br />Was all he had to say; . <br /> <br />I left my soldier comrades, <br />On the back of an RL <br />In that hot Zambezi valley, <br />The land we knew as Hell. <br /> <br />Frank my friend had told me <br />That ‘Cowboys do not cry; ’ <br />‘Not in front of their horses’ <br />Came my choking sad reply <br /> <br />I cried that whole trip home, <br />Remembering what Frank said <br />‘Cowboys definitely do not cry’ <br /> So this soldier cried instead. <br /> <br />I loved my Dad so dearly, <br />He was never meant to die, <br />So many words unspoken, <br />And now he’s gone...but why? <br /> <br />So if you have a father, <br />Love him, make him smile, <br />God has only loaned him to you, <br />For just a fleeting while.<br /><br />Alf Hutchison<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dad-121/
