In a hospital bed, a young soldier was bandaged, eyesight forever gone.
In his darkened world, he felt so very alone.

A mortar had cost him, two legs amputated below knees.
He screamed,"Someone shoot me please!"

Amputation of left arm was another disfigurement to bear.
One nurse was so sad, she held the young soldier, crying in despair.

She read him the bible telling the soldier, "Go the distance, Son."
Patiently the triage nurse attended to him, another mood swing had begun.

The soldier refused to eat, he couldn't see.
She still talked to the young angry amputatee.

They shipped the young soldier to an overseas hospital for healing
The words "Go The Distance," was always revealing.

Soon he was sent home to his parents, thinking forever a cripple.
One nurse's dedication and love became his ultimate pull.

Going the distance he enrolled in a class of Braille.
Though confined in a wheelchair, his spirit never fell.

A computer programmer for the blind, his career had begun.
Hearing his compassionate nurse's voice, 'Go the Distance, Son."