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Forget Them Not
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Forget Them Not |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Forget them not The faceless individuals in The song of voices in the wind Which carries from shore to shore Silenced forevermore Their echoes grow further apart Blood thinned through countless hearts Fading sunsets into twilight Their day forgotten through lost sight Holding the flame aloft once more Silenced forevermore Carved in sand, a debt half-paid Wreathes of green carefully laid With trembling hands and tear dried eyes Half the debt paid with all their lives Clasping intertwining fingers to implore Silenced forevermore Tributes stacked upon vain stone Lying in trodden fields all alone Etched there infinite names Only there are they all the same Their youth a rising, raging, roar Silenced forevermore Forget them not For they one day could be you Wrapped in red, white and blue Lessons not learned before Silenced forevermore |
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Lakewalker Member Elite
since 2000-08-05
Posts 3289On the streets w/ people |
We shall not forget them, or we too will be forgotten. Nice poem. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
A great tribute and a lasting message that we not forget the lessons for which we've paid so dearly. Terrific! |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you for this. It's a wonderful tribute the fallen heroes everywhere. |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
This is so very beautifully written! Great Job!  --You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.-- |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
With writing like this. . . we shall indeed not. . . Well done my friend. . . ----------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Impressive tribute, beautiful poem. Thanks for the words, they carry a lot of meaning. catalinamoon |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
*sitting here with tears in eyes, in awe* |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
having spent ten years as a military spouse and hearing day after day how unnecessary the military is, what a drain on our resources...yet seeing these men and women risk everything...well I just want to say THANK YOU [This message has been edited by Paula Finn (edited 08-13-2000).] |
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