Memories
Posted for: ALLAN DAVID MORTENSEN:
Toys of his childhood packed neatly away...I think I'll take them out and look at them today.
He once played with them when only just a boy; to him they were always a wonderful joy.
Then came that day when he grew to be a man, and went across the sea to that far away land..."to be a soldier" he said..."to help those oppressed", how proud he once stood in his uniform so neatly dressed.

Toys of his childhood packed carefully away, I think I'll take one more look at them today. Toy guns and toy soldiers fill boxes in the hall; he is no longer with us, his name is on a Wall, with so many others...I just can't count them all.

Toys of his childhood packed tenderly away; I'm not sure how much longer I dare stay, here in this room where he always liked to play. I promised myself that I would try not to cry, but as I entered here I remembered his last wave good-bye. "Don't worry Mom", he said as he went quickly out the door, "they need me to help in that far away war".

Toys of his childhood packed lovingly away; be a dear friend and come sit beside me today, and help me understand why this young man so kind and so tall, has left me with only wonderful memories and his name on a Wall...with so many others, I just can't count them all.

Toys of his childhood now safely locked away, perhaps if I wait here long enough, he'll come back again this way. I know this won't happen as I sit in his chair, again remembering how wonderful he looked with his windblow hair.

Toys of his childhood, again put away; the day is now ending and I know I can't stay, here in this room that he loved so very much, for I long to reach out and again feel his touch. Please be kind and don't tell anyone, but I think I'll wait here until my life is done; for he was all that I had...he was my only son.

Toys of his childhood and wonderful memories too, I only wish I could have introduced him to you. In dreams now I hear his loving voice call, but when I reach out for him, I see only his name on a Wall...with so many others, I just can't bear to count them all.

Dedicated to the Memory of and the family of Al Mortensen
Posted by: Donna Walters
Email: drw2@cox.net
Relationship: We were high school classmates
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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