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War Photos |
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Among these pictures of war
that cannot leave my
mind
is one of a pastor, in mourning,
standing in
his church, in Cleveland, Ohio
grief-stricken with
his head bowed...
He has lost his only child... a
soldier, in Iraq
There is a mother bent over a coffin
... unable to stand as the tears flow...
in a state,
I forget where,
but not the grief on her face
A
young wife, clutching a folded flag,
at a ceremony...
in a cemetery,
for a soldier who can never come home
A mother and a father, standing, lonely,
but so
proud, listening as taps play,
... picture could be
Anywhere, USA
Grandparents in Barnwell, South
Carolina
losing the grandchild they raised...
to a
war, a soldier, in a foreign land
These are the
pictures of war
that cannot leave my mind
They are
engraved there,
... to stay, for all time... |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
Listed March 25, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a
Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.
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