-A Sailor's Request-
written by: Roland Garza
(this poem is dedicated to my father, Master Chief Petty Officer Roland Garza, Sr., and all the troops who are out in the Persian Gulf right now defending our country, I LOVE YOU DAD!!)
"I am a Sailor standing proud and tall
As I depart to answer this call
What I have to leave behind is too much to bear
I'll be missing every second I'm not there
But as I go off to fight for your many rights
When I'm all alone in my bunk and scared
It will be you who I am thinking of, My family, My love
For it is you who I fight for, So all I ask is for one little thing
Please don't stop thinking about me
Say a little prayer for me and my crew
As we sail off into the ocean blue
And as I wave off to you
Please don't forget that I LOVE YOU."
