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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

0 posted 2010-12-09 04:42 AM

the lights were
twinkling
the mistletoe
was hung
and beneath the
adorned tree was
but one package-
the one you sent
from overseas

I couldn't
open it
the fear of
falling apart
stopped me

so I held on
to what I had
left of you.
That precious
folded flag.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2010-12-09 05:42 AM

You brought tears to my eyes. Wow! Excellent Trina. Lori

mikeandrew
Member

since 2010-11-18

Posts 198

2 posted 2010-12-09 05:49 AM

A very moving work full of deep emotions.

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

3 posted 2010-12-09 07:43 AM

Damn. Very good.

http://swampwriter.blogspot.com/

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

4 posted 2010-12-09 10:13 AM

ms sinz..flags and photos are the pieces we can never quite get healing from...kewl stuff ms

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

5 posted 2010-12-09 01:39 PM

I can hardly bear it. You've made me cry, Trina. This is so touching...
only less than 3 months ago, I attended the funeral of a soldier family member who was killed in service, in Afghanistan. Watching the flag folded and handed to the widow was one of the most wrenching things I have ever witnessed. She handled it with strength and dignity, but barely. I salute the men and women who serve our country, and their families at home. I am so eternally thankful.

Now I must go get some tissue.

Thanks, truly, for this poem.

Amaryllis

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

6 posted 2010-12-10 12:53 PM

Lori, Mike, Jerry, Dark, Amaryllis- Thanx so much.

-Trina.

You'd be surprised by the pain I can imagine inflicting and receiving.

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

7 posted 2010-12-10 02:28 AM

Oh I was not prepared for that last line,and yes, I shed a tear. lovely. latearrival

ramisf
Member

since 2007-05-17

Posts 93

8 posted 2010-12-10 03:32 AM

what a resembleness... we should always try to remember our roots and the best way to do it is by sending a Flag

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