Christian poem 'A SOLDIER'S FOOTPRINT' by Pearl Pennington Blevins (Christart.com)

A SOLDIER'S FOOTPRINT
by Pearl Pennington Blevins © 2005

When I came home from shopping in town
A very faint footprint I saw on the ground
It was very familiar for not so long ago
You see, it belongs to the one I love so.

When the call came not many days past,
We had finished our new home at last
Together we planted the flowers and trees
To see them bloom in the Springtime breeze.

The messenger's words cut like a knife
A bomb in Iraq took your husband's life
I looked at the footprint, my eyes filled with tears
I saw the one I've loved through the years.

In the footprint some comfort I 've found
It was not left behind in some Iraqi town,
And will always have a place in my heart
No matter how many years we are apart.

Someday we will be together again
In a beautiful land where there is no sin.
He gave his life so that all may be free
What more could he give for you and me?