Words that Remain - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-05-04 08:18 AM

Words that Remain

I believe I have read it now,
Fourteen or twenty-four times,
As his solemn words keep
Poking my heart, his
Belief in
                Path
                                       God
                                                                Plan

With all of the unknown before him,
He knew he would go Home,

                                                                With Faith,

And, by his decision.

What he did, he did for his country,

                                        His unit,
                                                                His family.

I read it over and over again, to see any sign
Of remorse in his decision
To duty.

I could not find it.

In today’s media
There are no strangers, any more…

Only family members,

                                        Sons & Daughters,

                                                                 Husbands & Wives

Who still believe in their country,
Who are not ashamed to do their best,
And give it their all.

God bless them, and God bless you,
The Veteran,
Who once stepped in their place,
And left a trail for them to follow.

We need good heroes.

This Pfc. left room for others to follow.

This is our history, try as we may to change it ~
For those times we cannot,
May we never forget,
And thank God
For giving us

The brave ones.

~*~

http://www.diegorincon.com/diegosletter.htm

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (05-04-2003 09:04 AM).]

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2003-05-04 08:58 AM

Thank you for this Karilea...
*Kleenex alert needed for attached URL*
How brave...how young...
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2003-05-04 09:02 AM

Karilea,
You are my sunshine, beautiful write.

Patricia
Member Elite

since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

3 posted 2003-05-04 10:34 AM

Karilea,

The tears and sobs are coming now. This is so beautiful. I am going to go now and cry this thing out in my room so the kids don't keep asking me what is wrong.

-Patricia

Zaynab
Member

since 2003-05-04

Posts 59
Kuwait

4 posted 2003-05-04 10:39 AM

Beautiful write, I loved the way you spaced out the words. Well done.

Take care

Zaynab

Kill me tonight and I will love again
Leave me to live and I live in pain
Leave me no love and I live in vain
Kill me tonight and kill the pain

quatro
Member

since 2003-04-29

Posts 392
Galveston, Texas

5 posted 2003-05-04 10:42 AM

wonderfully written

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

6 posted 2003-05-04 10:48 AM

You write with heart and soul and pride in those who have done what they can for their country in the name of freedom...I salute all of them and you for upholding that which was so sorely needed at this time in history...BRAVO!!!BRAVO!!!BRAVO!!!!

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2003-05-04 11:24 AM

Sunshine - nice to read your words this morning, they are the greatest...

BC

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2003-05-04 12:09 PM

Karilea~
So touching ... his words ... and yours~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

9 posted 2003-05-04 12:15 PM

this left me in tears

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

10 posted 2003-05-04 12:20 PM

YES Karilea,
A very important document.
TD

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

11 posted 2003-05-04 12:47 PM

'In today’s media
There are no strangers, any more…

Only family members,

                                        Sons & Daughters,

                                                                 Husbands & Wives'

A debt we owe, they would never accept payment for.  Kari...this one touched me.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2003-05-04 01:20 PM

*running for tissue*

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

13 posted 2003-05-04 02:00 PM

A grateful poem that touches us all.
Thank you for this, and the honor you bestow on American heros who have fought for our freedom and left their mark in history.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

14 posted 2003-05-04 03:48 PM

Karilea...so touching and beautifully written.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

15 posted 2003-05-04 04:14 PM

KJ, as a fellow poet and a Vet. I wish to
say thank you for this gift. Very beautiful
and says so much....

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

16 posted 2003-05-04 04:59 PM

Yes!

"And thank God
For giving us

The brave ones"

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

17 posted 2003-05-04 05:25 PM

Enjoyed your words...James

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

18 posted 2003-05-04 05:25 PM

Hello my Sunshinygirl...

And thank God
For giving us

The brave ones.

Yes thank god and thank you for this touching tribute.

Maree

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

19 posted 2003-05-04 10:02 PM

God bless them, and God bless you,
The Veteran,
Who once stepped in their place,
And left a trail for them to follow.

Amen to this Karilea. Awesome write. hugs to you dear lady. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

kayjay
Member Elite

since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

20 posted 2003-05-05 01:35 PM

This is a very lovely write; sometimes only sadness can coax our writing to its utmost. This soldier's lot is indeed sad, but how he lives in his letter and in our words. KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

j-oh-E
Member

since 2003-05-01

Posts 59
Texas, USA

21 posted 2003-05-05 02:18 PM

Hah, I knew it wouldn't be long before I read more of your work. You're on my top five list of poets I look for when I'm logged on. I read your poem with all those images of the war in my head. For once, I'm at a loss for words because you have said all that was needed to be
said.

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

22 posted 2003-05-05 02:37 PM

a very nice tribute "K" it was heart felt1!

heres one i had posted a while back,

Distant sounds rumbling in the night.
Flashes glow in the glimmering sky,
as dawn shows a silhouette of smoke.
Breezes drift the stench of burning.
The dawn paints no portraits of those
left in the darkness of terror and war.

It matters not how you answer, It matters only that i hear you.

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

23 posted 2003-05-05 02:45 PM

Well, darn if I didn't have to run and grab a hand full of tissues. Your poem touched my heart and brought many emotions and his letter home brought a flood of tears.

God bless his heart and his family.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Huggles and blessings, Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

24 posted 2003-05-05 03:22 PM

awesome

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

25 posted 2003-05-05 04:01 PM

Karilea, tears welled in my eyes as I read your beautiful--and very moving--words but the floodgates were opened and the tears fell in torrents as I read about Diego and saw the photos. He is but one "statistic", but his face is emblazoned across by memory and my heart. God bless him and his family. God bless you and yours.

Warm hugs,
Linda

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

26 posted 2003-05-05 04:20 PM

Karilea, this touched me very much.
Hugs to you and his family,
Ethel

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

27 posted 2003-05-05 07:13 PM

As his solemn words keep
Poking my heart, his
Belief in
                Path
                                       God
                                                                Plan

With all of the unknown before him,
He knew he would go Home,

                                                                With Faith,

And, by his decision.

What he did, he did for his country,

                                        His unit,
                                                                His family.

I read it over and over again, to see any sign
Of remorse in his decision
To duty.

I could not find it.
===============================

You had me from the title on....
and yes...where was the tissue alert.
VERY moving write and tribute Kari..
thank you for saying eloquently what so many of us lack words for,

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

28 posted 2003-05-05 07:36 PM

I salute them - and you for creating such a touching and sincere expression of praise and thanks.

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.