The Unbreakable Louis Z

    
It was after the ordeal of Super Man 's last flight    
That Louis had survived the dog fight    
     and the five hundred ninety four shells shot into the B-24    
When a month later he took on another mission    
This time on the Green Hornet    
   
But the old plane crashed into the waters of the Pacific  
And the young bombardier along with two others survived    
Then after forty-seven days of being lost at sea    
They were captured by the enemy    
   
That was in May of ‘43    
   
Prisoners of war are subjected to the horrors    
Conjured up in the minds of evil men obsessed with punishment    
Breaking and destroying spirits    
Until the captives wish for a swift and quick death    
   
Louis was beaten and brutally tortured    
An endless affliction with no end in sight    
Louis made a deal with God    
And it gave him something to live for    
Even though there was something that infuriated his captors    
There was non-stop and relentless abuse    
But Louis endured    
   
It was after the war when Louis came home    
That he eventually healed    
Found the love of life    
Found his faith    
Kept his promise    
But most powerful of all    
Louis was able to forgive those who had tormented him    
   
He lived to the age of 97    
A testament of overcoming evil    
His is a story of endurance    
Of survival    
Of forgiveness    
And unbreakable human spirit