A "Thank You" to all our military
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geebee
I wrote the following poem right after Sept. 11th on the day that was set aside as a national mourning day. I realized that it is appropriate on Memorial Day as well because, as we honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, we also wonder where we as a country are heading. I find Memorial Day is a time for reflection on why we have lost our fellow citizens and to look for answers on stopping the madness in the world.
Where do we go from here?
I sit and read
the others' thoughts
I cry
The question is, of course,
WHY????
Perhaps it is to test
our souls
to see where we will set
our goals.
On hate, on love, on war
on peace
What should we do to ease
our grief?
My first reaction was to strike
at those who hid
I wanted someone else to hurt
as I did.
But the world now hurts as I do
I read
of all the vigils, they seem to plant
the seed
of something besides hate to sooth
the sadness
of something besides war to cure the
madness.
So today what message do we send
ahead
On our national day to mourn
our dead?
Where do we go from here to
state
That all this pain has come
from hate?
And when do we as a part of this
planet
Take our own little stand on hate
and damn it?
I want so much to turn my other
cheek
and not avenge the tears on our
eagle's beak.
But my pain is so strong it exists
I've found
it has become an entity that follows
me around.
How do we crush an enemy that thrives
on this pain
When we are people with so much
to gain
from our strength and love?
By geebee
© 2001 geebee (All rights reserved
Dedicated to all who have given their lives (all or part) in the hope that the world will one day live in peace.
Where do we go from here?
I sit and read
the others' thoughts
I cry
The question is, of course,
WHY????
Perhaps it is to test
our souls
to see where we will set
our goals.
On hate, on love, on war
on peace
What should we do to ease
our grief?
My first reaction was to strike
at those who hid
I wanted someone else to hurt
as I did.
But the world now hurts as I do
I read
of all the vigils, they seem to plant
the seed
of something besides hate to sooth
the sadness
of something besides war to cure the
madness.
So today what message do we send
ahead
On our national day to mourn
our dead?
Where do we go from here to
state
That all this pain has come
from hate?
And when do we as a part of this
planet
Take our own little stand on hate
and damn it?
I want so much to turn my other
cheek
and not avenge the tears on our
eagle's beak.
But my pain is so strong it exists
I've found
it has become an entity that follows
me around.
How do we crush an enemy that thrives
on this pain
When we are people with so much
to gain
from our strength and love?
By geebee
© 2001 geebee (All rights reserved
Dedicated to all who have given their lives (all or part) in the hope that the world will one day live in peace.
gijanet
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Gosh, thank y'all!!!
Gosh, thank y'all!!!
Whelp, didn't give up my life............just twenty years and four months of it!
...........and a few of my son's birthdays.........and his first word...........and a few other milestones that I should have been there for. ........at least I'm still here to gripe about it! Don has me topped, anyway, with 28 years and missing the first two years of his oldest daughter's life when he was stationed in Korea..........and Katie's birth, which I will never let him forget! (yes! He was at Fort Wolters clearing an M-16 range - got there thirty minutes after she was born! Hey, at least I didn't miss her birth...........heehee!) a year of Katie's life when he was deployed after 9-11 to White Sands for Homeland Security. ............at least we were surgery free that year; it was between Katie's second and third heart surgeries. (I'd have been gone, too, but my brigade commander was a sweetheart and let me retire before the stop-loss was implemented.)...........and it could be worse. If we were still in, we would both be in Iraq as that is where our brigade is right now.............please keep them in your prayers as we have many dear friends in harm's way! But, somebody's got to do it! And it is so nice to be appreciated.
Anyway, thank you both so much, Nancy and Gina. And, Gina, your poem is really beautiful. Many hugs. J.
Gosh, thank y'all!!!
geebee said:
Whelp, didn't give up my life............just twenty years and four months of it!
...........and a few of my son's birthdays.........and his first word...........and a few other milestones that I should have been there for. ........at least I'm still here to gripe about it! Don has me topped, anyway, with 28 years and missing the first two years of his oldest daughter's life when he was stationed in Korea..........and Katie's birth, which I will never let him forget! (yes! He was at Fort Wolters clearing an M-16 range - got there thirty minutes after she was born! Hey, at least I didn't miss her birth...........heehee!) a year of Katie's life when he was deployed after 9-11 to White Sands for Homeland Security. ............at least we were surgery free that year; it was between Katie's second and third heart surgeries. (I'd have been gone, too, but my brigade commander was a sweetheart and let me retire before the stop-loss was implemented.)...........and it could be worse. If we were still in, we would both be in Iraq as that is where our brigade is right now.............please keep them in your prayers as we have many dear friends in harm's way! But, somebody's got to do it! And it is so nice to be appreciated.Anyway, thank you both so much, Nancy and Gina. And, Gina, your poem is really beautiful. Many hugs. J.
Ross
Well-known member
Thank you past, present and future Military Personnel for all you do and the sacrifices you have made.
G
geebee
Sorry - I didn't mean to imply that I was honoring ONLY those who have died in the service of our country. I meant it for all so I have edited the statement to reflect that meaning.
Thanks to all service men.
Thanks to all service men.
Our SIL was just employed (AZ. Nat. Guard) beginning April and is in training to go to either to Afghanistan or Iraq in January of 2007, wherever they are needed more. He will be separated from our daughter and their kids for 22 months, including training.
Please remember them and all others in your prayers.
Thanks to all service men.
Our SIL was just employed (AZ. Nat. Guard) beginning April and is in training to go to either to Afghanistan or Iraq in January of 2007, wherever they are needed more. He will be separated from our daughter and their kids for 22 months, including training.
Please remember them and all others in your prayers.
swim mom
Well-known member
Remember all the family members who support the troops. I am lucky that my husband is still home but we have many deployed friends and many people forget the children and spouses who support their deployed loved one. My husband was deployed 4 times in the first 5 years of our youngest daughters life... Even when he was home she would ask if it was daddy when the phone rang. We are now at the Naval Academy and we asked our oldest if she was interested in going to school here. She said "no I've already seen the world with the Navy and I'm tired of moving".
