Conversation
Look,
God, I have never spoken to you,
But now I want to say,
"How do you do?"
You see, God, they told
me you didn't exist,
And like a fool, I
believed all this.
Last
night from the shell hole I saw your sky---
I figured right then
they had told me a lie.
Had I taken time to see
things you made,
I'd have known they
weren't calling a spade a spade.
I
wonder God, if you'd shake my hand,
Somehow I feel that you
will understand.
Funny I had to come to
this hellish place
Before I had time to see
your face.
Well I
guess there isn't much more to say,
But I'm sure glad, God,
I met you today.
I guess the "Zero
Hour" will soon be here,
But I'm not afraid since
I know you're near.
The
signal! Well God, I'll have to go.
I like you lots, this I
want you to know.
Look now, this will be a
horrible fight;
Who knows? I may come to
your house tonight.
Though
I wasn't friendly to you before,
I wonder God, if you'd
wait at the door?
Look I'm crying! Me!
Shedding tears....
I wish I had known you
these many years.
Well, I
have to go now, God Good-bye.
Strange--- since I met
You,
I'm not afraid to die.
....
Found on the body of a dead soldier ....