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 RA'

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