"Remember Pearl Harbor"


God's eyes, I saw through today
As our ship sank deep
The bullets raced, I lost my pace
Where my comrades now do sleep

A morning's to be beautiful
But today she doesn't sing
For her bow lay sunken beneath the reef
Where she cannot mend her wing

I followed a cry of my brethern
Only to find him gone
His body lay beaten by defeat
And my own soul is not my own

I ran so far to escape the smoke
That claimed too many men
I held my breath above the waters
And prayed for it to end

I swam away from burning screams
I tried to reach the shore
But death creeped up and creeped behind
Every shipyards door

My body, untouched by flames of hate
Grasped for Graces hand
But as my own be scared unharmed
I could not bear to stand

Oh, where to turn, I am not burned
Can I offer up my life?
Can I find my commander for some strength?
And finalize this strife

No, the day not begun, I'm in the dark
And mercy is far behind
The powerful rush in the ocean's mouth
Swallows my mankind

I swam awhile, a thousand miles
Without identity
My dizzy head searched the land
But found no tranquility

A panoramic view, I took
A picture never to die
Will no man see its color
And no one really know why

I saw them dead, I saw them live
I saw black in morn's light
I saw some strange, some familiar
But none knew me by sight

I prayed to aid those with some hope
And those without as well
I gave without a second thought
Through that unearthly hell

This is where I stand, my friends
I have escaped my death
From bombs, bullets, and gunpowder
I have a second breath

I could never express what happened
That day of infamy
But what I could ever tell you
May complete this history

My heart, it aches, my eyes, they cry
For those soldiers taken that day
We tried like hell to survive
But with our own, we paid

I never will forget that day
That cold day in December
For those who gave and continue to give
Pearl Harbor, I will remember...




Written by Trina R. McCurdy
Grand-Daughter of Survivor, Russell J. McCurdy