Mother Dear (Remembering all those lives lost for our freedom)

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hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

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Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2004-05-30 10:38 PM

Mother Dear....A Solider's Letter Home

Mother dear what do you cry for
I'm old enough to go to war.
I'm still your child, yet now a man.
I'll serve my country best I can.

Oh mother, please, they say you weep
When safe at home, my brothers sleep.
It really isn't all that bad.
Please give my best to dear old dad.

Mother, you remember Jim.
It's been three days since I've seen him.
They say he stepped on enemy mine.
He lost his leg, but he'll be fine.

Now Pete, my friend, from down the street,
Who always stumbled on his feet
Spooked a patrol out on the roam
So in a body bag, he's coming home.

Today we stormed their sea and land;
Which gave our troops the upper hand.
Forgive the blood, it's just a nick.
I'll be like new, I'm sure, real quick.

We won today. The feeling's great.
I have to go though, it's getting late.
So mother dear, this is goodbye...

P.S. They say that I might die

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2004-05-30 10:58 PM

Thank you Ruth...and we will never forget.

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2004-05-30 11:02 PM

Ruth...such a true scene played again and again.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

3 posted 2004-05-30 11:02 PM

Thank you Ruth, nice to see you here.

Maree

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2004-05-30 11:37 PM

Thank you for this bit of reality....
the anguish of war and waiting,  not
knowing when or who....sometimes also
wondering why....

So many mothers and fathers have lost sons
and daughters...  And for thousands of
years,  war has waged endlessly...

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-05-31 01:07 AM

Ruth, too many mothers have had these kind of letters. My heart is full of tears today. We must never forget the sacrifices made by our soldiers, their family and their friends.

....jo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-05-31 02:57 AM

thank you

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

7 posted 2004-05-31 07:17 AM

thank you...

Always, Alyssa

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce kilmer

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2004-06-01 12:16 PM

Enjoyed these thoughts...James

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

9 posted 2004-06-02 04:35 PM

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2004-06-02 04:40 PM

Thank God for brave men and women. moving read!

JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

kayjay
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since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

11 posted 2004-06-03 10:27 PM

When I was a youngster in submarines, I wrote many a letter home, but none as powerful as this. Well done! KJ

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

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