One Fall Day

On the 24th of December
Christmas Eve, it was.
3 souls of different persons
a child of age 2 named Johnny
a mother named Julie
a father in the war named Matthew

an hour before midnight
a white car came
2 men stepped out
what they were there for
was a mystery in fact

3 mins later
it was 11:03
the door bell rang
and mom decided to go down

7 mins later
approximately 11:10
i heard someone crying
so i decided to find out
what really was going on

i crawled out of bed
slowly opened my door
and stood at the foot of my stairs

it was mommy
she was crying so hard
the 2 men standing at the door
with a note in her hand

i watched that night
as the men finally left
mommy came up
and i asked what wrong

she turned to me
and said daddys dead
he had died
8 hours earlier

daddy was gone
how could it be true
i loved him so dearly
he was coming home tomorrow
and staying forever