Gold StarPoetry
Dedicated to Gold Star Mothers
THE GOLD STAR

THE PAGE WAS TURNED
HIS NAME WAS AT THE TOP
THE LORD HAD CALLED
HIS MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED
NOT MY SON     GOD     NOT MY SON
NOT MY BOY     GOD     NOT MY BOY
NOT MY     BABY
PLEASE TELL ME     NO
PLEASE     JESUS     DON'T DESERT ME NOW
OH NO     OH NO     OH NO
HE DID NOTHING WRONG
HE WAS SO YOUNG
I'LL MISS HIM SO
PLEASE     GOD     LET ME SEE HIM
PLEASE     GOD     LET ME HOLD HIM
PLEASE     GOD     LET ME TALK TO HIM
PLEASE     JESUS     JUST ONE MORE TIME
THEIR TEARS     GAVE HIM TEARS
HE HAS A BROTHER
HE HAS A SISTER
HE IS PART OF OUR FAMILY
HE IS WORTH MORE THEN GOLD
HE IS OUR BRIGHTEST STAR
I AM HIS FATHER
I AM HIS MOTHER

WE WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU

Joe Belardo
C BTRY 1/44th
Dusters 67-68 DMZ