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Date Posted: 01:19:33 06/09/07 Sat
Author: Judi
Author Host/IP: 152.163.100.72
Subject: The Flag....


The air's so still, as though the earth has held its breath,
the tears that flow are triggered by the sound of guns.
The soldiers fold a flag, for war has claimed a life,
which like a budding tree had barely just begun.

The parents hear the bugler play his final note,
the mother sighs, a grieving father holds her hand.
Nothing soothes the pain that loved ones still must reap,
a shiny medal in a box, his last command.

The parents nod their heads and shake each hand in turn,
people shake their hands, not knowing what to say,
So hard to leave him there, a cherished only son,
who chose this life, and knew that it could end this way.

Tomorrow, they will fold another flag up tight;
they'll shoot the guns which echo with staccato sound.
The Taps will play for one who'll walk the earth no more,
when will they see no victories are found in war?

Judith Labriola

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