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Soulfisher
Member

since 2005-01-07

Posts 226
where ever the fly fishing is good

0 posted 2005-02-24 02:02 AM

THIS YOUNG MAN SO BRAVE

This young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret
The stars and stripes
Now rest above him.
And I ask you now
Sons and daughters of liberty
Who will help carry
This young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret.

Will you honor him
By putting down your signs
And letting your voices grow silent.
Will you show your compassion
And carry the coffin of
This young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret

He joins the spirit of the ‘76
As the eagle sheds a tear.
For the cost of your freedom
You express today.
Was the life of
This young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret.

A mother mourns for her boy
And finds comfort in knowing
His spirit lives on through those
Who served next to him.
For they live today because of
This young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret.

Tears fall and break the silence of Taps
As he is lowered to rest.
The folded stars and stripes
Now rest in the hands of the mother
Of this young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret

The echoing thunder
of shot burst in lonely dance
upon endless rows of white crosses
Gently swaying in eternity’s slumber
as mere blades of grass
all the while knitting
a tight cluster in the heart
of sorrows haunting memory
Of this young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret

May the blue fields
that rest above him now
wash over his bloody lines
as he burns bright
in twinkling white light
watching over you and me
from now till the day
When freedom makes its last call.
Of this young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret.

Though it has never stepped past fear
would you still accept my heart
knowing that it is all I have to give.

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2005-02-24 02:09 AM

I could feel a lump growing in my throat as I read your powerfully moving poem. You did a very fine job of showing the other face of war. So many have lost their lives. It truly saddens me.

Peace, Love, Light & Harmony,
EA

Snow

Senior Member

since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

2 posted 2005-02-24 09:30 AM

very touching heartfelt read.

i was just wondering where you were.

"i close my eyes and gather up the puddle of this life, one teaspoon at a time, into a bucket with holes" ~me an excerpt from "she still sees ugly"

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2005-02-24 09:52 AM

oh...this, touching
very touching write

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

4 posted 2005-02-24 03:20 PM

May the blue fields
that rest above him now
wash over his bloody lines
as he burns bright
in twinkling white light
watching over you and me
from now till the day
When freedom makes its last call.
Of this young man so brave
Who wore his country’s beret.

~*~

There are the honorable among us...
and I thank this young man and his
family for giving their country so much!

Hockeychick19
Member

since 2002-10-29

Posts 430
Massachusetts, USA

5 posted 2005-02-24 05:06 PM

Very moving read.

~Kelly~

Life is a gift so live it to the fullest!

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