“Gold Star Mother”

The “Gold Star Mother” – 50 plus years ago

We sailed across the Narrows
before the bridge came on the scene
when I was only twenty
and you were seventeen

aboard the “Gold Star Mother”
that took us cross the bay
I never saw so many stars
 that prom night long ago in May

We stood together at the bow
tuxedo, formal dress aplomb
kissing in the gentle breeze
dreaming of our life to come.

It seemed that we were flying
our feet were off the ground
just like in the movie
that too was yet to come.

We didn’t sail a mighty ship
across the ocean sea
but I was Leo, you were Kate
long before they were to be.

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http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/staten_island_ferry_flashback.html

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