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Kevo
Member

since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

0 posted 2004-06-20 06:16 PM

Scars

Scars,
some seen
and some unseen,
all thrive,
never truly healed
in this hero loved.

Perhaps death
would have been kinder,
more humane,
even palatable
in some regards.

Regardless of age,
regardless of scars,
I shall not forget
that they were meant
for all of us.

Copyright, Kevin V. Reese, 2004

GG
Member Elite

since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

1 posted 2004-06-20 06:29 PM

Scars are always painful, always haunting, and it seems they always bleed, even when the skin has grown over...
but to have them as a symbol of lives saved is an amazing thing. Heroes hurt, but they keep so many others from pain...
I beautiful tribute...

Always, Alyssa

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

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2004-06-20 06:50 PM

Most of all, to heal in an optimistic embrace. Well done.
TD

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2004-06-20 09:34 PM

Scars,
some seen
and some unseen,
all thrive,
never truly healed
in this hero loved.

This is so true....scars stay, even the unseen ones.
Hugs,
Ethel

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2004-06-20 11:37 PM

Powerful piece. It reminds me of a phrase I really like..."turn your scars into bars"

like the stripes on a soldiers sleeves or the bars on a lieutenant's shoulders.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Sadelite
Member Elite

since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

5 posted 2004-06-21 12:09 PM

This is so sadly true.  I cannot fathom how brave our men, women, their friends and families are in serving for a better world.
Thank you for sharing this.  I thank them.
        Sadelite

exhale
Senior Member

since 2003-06-13

Posts 646
Alberta,Canada

6 posted 2004-06-21 12:54 PM

Perhaps death
would have been kinder,
more humane,
even palatable
in some regards.
i know this feeling all too well.
scars were never meant to heal,they are alwasy just there as a reminder of what mistakes we have made,or the happiness we had once apon a time..thats why they are in all of us..i think your poem captured the essence of the pain that comes with life,and the scars that follow.
amazing.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-06-21 03:39 AM

a thing we all share, yes

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