My Son

And with his first breath His mother died I alone was there To hear him cry This way my only child My son Sarah chose his name Twas Benjamin My son Red was his hair And green his eyes Looking up at dad Three times his size First day of grade school I walked him there Looking through the tears Of pride, I stare at my son I was his father His closest friend Now our house was blessed With two grown men At twenty he told me That he could see How I tried to be A family For my son Oh, how I miss him Here with me Reminiscing how it used to be Here in my hand They ave to me Medals my boy won For bravery My son Oh, oh, ho, he's gone