Dr. Mary E. Walker Civil War POW

I AM

alone, and scared,

but hopeful,

I AM ~~~~

wounded, beaten

but

I will

 not break, or bow.

I am loyal, true,

 and prayerful

I am one of you.

I am my father's daughter

Do you know me now?

I am a Prisoner of War

all the women prisoners

captured, and killed,

or returned

before........

I am the pride of my town

the heart of my mother

the love of my son

and

at one with my brother

I am downcast

but not forlorn

I may be shackled ~

my hair may be shorn;

I am bruised but am not broken

No useless information

will, by me,

be spoken

Freedom for me,

is the open door

I am

a Female Prisoner of War.

©Christina 2-04