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frank » 3pm - Aug 24, 2010
I SHED A TEAR
I SHED A TEAR MY BROTHER EACH DAY
I READ A STORY OF...
Category: Helmand
Tags: USMC, marine, corps, poem, iraq, vietnam, korea, women, combat, KIA, haiti, 22nd, meu, 24th, ultimate, sacrifice, military, honor
I SHED A TEAR
I SHED A TEAR MY BROTHER EACH DAY
I READ A STORY OF HOW YOU VALIANTLY DIED
I SHED A TEAR MY BROTHER FOR YOU
KNOWING YOUR LIFE WAS SACRIFICED FOR ME
I BOW MY HEAD IN PRAYER
AS THE BAYONET IS FIXED
DRIVEN IN THE SAND
A HELMET SITS ATOP ITS BUTT
YOUR TAGS SWAY SOFTLY IN THE BREEZE
I TAKE A KNEE TO PAUSE AND PRAY
FOR GOD'S HAND TO SOOTHE YOUR KIN THIS DAY
ASKING HIM TO BRING HIS PEACE
TO ALL WHO KNEEL TO HONOR YOU
AS YOU STAND WATCH AT HEAVEN'S GATE
WE STAND UNITED REMEMBERING YOU
OUR SON, OUR DAUGHTER
OUR DAD, OUR MOM
OUR BROTHER, OUR SISTER
OUR NEPHEW, OUR NIECE
OUR UNCLE, OUR AUNT
OUR EVERY FRIEND
THREE VOLLEYS FIRED BY HONORED TROOPS
JARS EMOTIONS HELD DEEP INSIDE
A DISTANT SOUND OF TAPS WE HEAR
ECHOS OF LAUGHTER WE ONCE DID SHARE
OLD GLORY'S FIELD OF BLUE THE HONOR GUARD FOLDS
WHILST WE THINK OF DREAMS WE DARED
A SLOW SALUTE WE RAISE TO YOU
YOUR KIN'S SOFT TEARS STREAK DOWN THE CHEEK
ACCEPTING HE, OR SHE, THE FOLDED FLAG
AND THEN THOSE WORDS THAT PIERCE THE HEART
'ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION...'
ECHO SILENTLY THROUGH THE AIR
I RAISE MY BROTHER
MY SISTER IN ARMS
A TOAST TO YOU
A PROMISE FOR ALL OF TIME
YOUR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
IN OUR HEARTS SHALL FOREVER LIVE
© MAY 2008
SWFLPROF@YAHOO.COM
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