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Deep Regrets
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Deep Regrets |
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Rod Member
since 1999-12-08
Posts 149Auckland New Zealand |
The protocols of men of power; Agendas passed in hiding. Procrastination steals the hour, Now there is none abiding. Unseen, forsaken in the deep. Paralysis sub-zero. A frozen slumber’s tragic keep. The silence of the hero. As nations feel all hope recede, One hundred men and more Lay perished now, through lack of heed Upon the ocean floor. Entombed in freezing Arctic flows, Their deeds for evermore Recalled in ice-bound echoes Where the elements do war. O Trinity of love and power, Receive into thy grace These men, who in their final hour The cruel seas embrace. Let every man who evermore ‘Neath lonely sea or sky Shall sail, remember, – there but for The grace of God go I. Dedicated to the memory of the one hundred and eighteen men of the Russian submarine “Kursk” which exploded and sank in the Barents sea on August 12th 2000. It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
a beautiful tribute |
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