Open Poetry #43 |
POW/MIA Remembrance Day |
Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! |
POW/MIA Remembrance Day (Third Friday of September) Thousands are still missing From those Wars of the past Slowly, some are coming home To grieving Families, at last. Some found in unmarked graves On foreign lands across the sea With the science of DNA To reveal, their true identity. JPAC was formed to find them Around fourteen hundred, to date And for loved ones seeking closure It surely, never is, too late. They think, forty thousand left They might be able to recover As they follow leads and tips From, one country to another. Some remains, may be lost forever Like those Heroes, resting in the Deep But, to bring those others home Is a solemn promise, we must keep. It’s a very noble thing they do As, they go, and search, and find Those, who died for our Country For, we must, leave no one behind. Every year we have a special day To, remember those still lost To, renew that promise to them No matter what, it may cost. 09.18.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984 |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank you Abe, for always remembering those who remain out of sight. But even those lost at sea are never really missing, for we are all merely segments of one continuous Life circle. Perhaps, there will be no need for murdering one another when everyone accepts this fundamental truth. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Abe, This is excellent work as always. Bobby |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Avery well constructed poem Abe, You told it well. enjoyed. Lindsay |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing Abe...James |
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