Poetry of Passion 4 -- A Tribute on Armed Forces Day

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Open Poetry #26

Poetry of Passion 4 -- A Tribute on Armed Forces Day

Frank Tymon
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since 2003-05-11

Posts 27
California, USA

0 posted 2003-05-17 01:26 AM

THIS PRAYER IS  FOR OUR VETERANS

THOUGH THE POLITICIANS LOST OUR WARS,
OUR VETERANS NEVER DID.
FROM EL ALAMEIN TO ANZIO,
FROM NORMANDY TO  THE RHEIN,
ON THE ISLANDS OF  THE PACIFIC
AND  THE RIDGES OF KOREA,
THROUGH THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM
AND THE DESERTS OF ARABIA.
ON LAND, ON SEA, AND IN THE AIR.

THEY FOUGHT WHERE DUTY CALLED.

TO THOSE WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE WITH US STILL,
THOSE WHO SURVIVED WAR'S HELL,
THE WOUNDED, DISABLED, ILL
GOD BLESS, AND THANK YOU.
WELL DONE!

AND WHILE WE HONOR OUR VETERANS,
FORGET NOT THOSE BY COUNTRY FORSAKEN;
THE PRISONERS OF WAR, THE MISSING IN ACTION,
FORLORN, DOOMED PAWNS, LONG LOST,
SAVE IN OUR MEMORIES.
GOD BLESS THEM, AND GOD FORGIVE US.

PLEASE, IN YOUR PRAYERS, REMEMBER THEM
WHO SAILED THE LAST VOYAGE,
FOUGHT THE LAST BATTLE,
FLEW THE LAST FLIGHT.
THEY DIED FOR YOU.

AND WITH DEEP RESPECT, THIS PRAYER IS FOR
THE MEN I SAILED WITH,
WHO WEIGHED ANCHOR FOR THE LAST TIME;
FOR THE MEN I FLEW WITH ,
WHO FLEW THE LAST MISSION.

GODKEEP
AMEN
Frank Tymon, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.)

Frank Tymon
PASSION, Read free; pay if you like.
www.av.qnet.com/~frank/

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

1 posted 2003-05-17 03:59 AM

Frank:

SEMPER FI (thats from my Step - Dad)

This is from George L. SkyPeck - A Buffalo
Vietnam Vet (copyright to him taken from
a memorial in the city of his birth dedicated to those who have served):

"Soldier"

I was that which others did not want to be.

I went where others feared to go and did what others failed to do.

I asked nothing from those who gave nothing and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness . . . should I fail.

I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.

I have cried, pained and hoped . . .
but most of all, I have lived times others would say were best forgotten.

At least someday I will be able to say that I was proud of what I was . . .

A Soldier.
God Bless you Frank for such an endearing tribute
xxoo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2003-05-17 05:59 AM

thank you

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

3 posted 2003-05-17 07:54 AM

Indeed - We can't ever pay sufficient homage or enough tribute to these fine men and women...

God Bless...

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2003-05-17 08:04 AM

Fabulous writing...James

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