Christmas in Iraq - a Christmas poem for our soldiers
I wrote this poem in 2005 for a soldier I sponsored in Iraq, and thought I would share it again this year for all our military men and women away from home -- wherever they may be... Christmas in Iraq 'Twas the night before Christmas in an Iraqi town; And our brave U.S. forces had all just hunkered down. Not a Humvee was moving, not a Jeep stirred the sand As troops dreamed of their homes, each and every man. Some longed for their sweethearts, other men missed their moms, Others missed sons and daughters not seen for so long. Sugarplums would be nice, but much nicer to be At home with their loved ones 'neath their own Christmas tree. When what to their wondering ears should be heard, But the faint sounds of carols, music and joyful words. At first heard so faintly, then the sound grew and grew -- The sound of your loved ones singing carols for you. For you are not forgotten, you are not alone; You are missed by the people you keep safe at home, And we remember you as the Christ...