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JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

0 posted 2011-11-11 05:50 PM

TAPS

Engaged for the service,
this somber lone bugle sings.

Singer of the lost…
the many…
or the one…

He alone designated
portraying their appearance

with love and respect
as he cries his song of blues…

Unchanging…
the words unspoken,
the lonely tune the same.

Not to miss a note,
not at all to be refrained.

He possesses the song of death,
in that he sings well trained.

To give to all who die their last word,
for their memory sustained.

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"Let every nation know, whether, it wishes us well or ill,
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival of liberty."
~ John F. Kennedy
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-11-11 06:04 PM

Nice work, JL.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2011-11-11 06:35 PM

Yes, JL...like this poem,
and scenes like the missing man formation...

this is when the throat closes,
and the eyes well...

Thank you.

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2011-11-11 07:34 PM

I cannot listen to Taps without tears welling in my eyes. It's a beautiful thing to witness, with the flag presentation and twenty-one gun salute at a veteran's funeral. Something I will personally never forget.

Thanks for this.

Michael

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2011-11-11 10:09 PM

Very nice message...James

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2011-11-12 08:01 AM

Deeply poignant.

Margherita

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2011-11-12 08:19 PM

This is hauntingly lovely and brings tears to my eyes... much like hearing Taps does. Wonderful write!!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2011-11-13 12:09 PM

Thanks all.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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