A Poem For Your Thoughts

A Funny Old Soldier

I met an old soldier

he lost his left arm long ago

I asked if it had hurt him

he smiled

"I waved it off."

He was a funny old man

He told me he lost worse

I inquired

He responded

"I lost my wife to another,

it was too hard to hold on,

I drank too much in anger,

I couldn't keep a grip,

I just hope he holds her with both arms,

I didn't when I had them,

Then they shipped me over seas,

and I lost my arm,

I gotta hand it to god,

It may have taken some time,

but I'm all right now."