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The Young to Very Old (For Memorial Day)
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The Young to Very Old (For Memorial Day) |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow 
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The Young to Very Old At times feeling like I don't understand, this patriotic measure close at hand... A man, A gun, A war ensues... Seems a patheticly saddened way to pay our dues. Family times held close at memories insistance, While spouse is forced to love from a distance... A letter, A poem, A forever love you... Catches tears prematurely through desired hue. Devotedly brave are the many that today we salute, As everyday this country is blessed with new recruits... A soldier, A hero, A life on hold... To honor and protect us... The young to very old. Sometimes we have to follow a stronger voice, even if it's silent. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
The price that is paid to maintain our freedom is very high. God bless them all. Great tribute, Gloria, and so nice to see you again! |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
Oh, Ria...I'm so glad I had a chance to read this beautiful poem! You have said it so well, the terrible price that was paid for our freedom. Love, Ellie A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails. |
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Mabel A. Dilley Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 859Seattle, WA, USA |
Exquisite write. Loved it. "I am not now that which I have been." |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
excellent. . . but still. . . the price that must be paid. . . too high?? perhaps. . . but then, where would we be today without that payment?? well done. . .  -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
many have died in the name of progress, and while I do not argee with the measures often taken in those times never the less the poem is a fitting tribute to those who laid down their lives for our way of life. "across the unfair divide |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
An Honorable message. Great poem in an effective and extraordinary style. Melton |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
Excellent, LD....well done! |
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