The Ultimate Price

Joe was a Marine for nearly twenty years,
with two months left until he could retire.
While on patrol in the jungles of Vietnam,
he was shot in the chest by a sniper's fire.

His wife kept the uniform he was wearing,
with the bullet hole that stopped his heart.
They had loved each other since high school,
but now, Mary's world would soon fall apart.

Her dreams about their future had vanished,
without her soulmate she started to lose hope.
Then awful thoughts began to invade her mind
and from that moment on she could not cope.

The pain and suffering became unbearable,
no more sleepless nights in her lonely bed.
Mary prayed and asked God for forgiveness,
then she held Joe's pistol against her head.

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