FATHERS AND SONS

My sons woke the dawn with fire and thunder.
My sons have taken the sword of God in hand.
My sons have struck mankind's evil spirit, with courage and vigor.

I sit, wait, envying their manhood.
Remembering the days young,
When the same courage stirred this selfsame heart.
At the same, I, the Fathers must wait,
Hoping not to cry:
"Oh Absalom, my son, my son!"

By: Richard E. MCGinty
[Desert Storm, January 17, 1991]