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    Memorial Day

    Sitting here remembering days forgone
    Coffee black with touch of Jack
    As the creatures of the night
    Seek their day time beds :

    Slowly as night gives way to day
    Through the mist of the coming dawn
    I see the figures in the distance fields
    Coming again to sit and chat :

    Each passing year
    At this appointed time
    We sit and speak of times long past
    Some of joy ; Some of pain
    Some of living ; some sublime :

    Woodstock ; Tramp ; Drake and Dew
    Stephen White ;my brother Bill and Ghost came too
    To see them now
    Is to see them then
    Young and bold with peaceful souls
    Every year's longer before I see them again :

    We hug ; chat ; smile and cry
    Between the night
    Till break of day
    We live as one before we part ways :

    Birds begin to sing
    And squirrels begin to play
    As the night time mist slowly rolls away
    And soon the dawn of a new day :

    As always I try to hide
    The eternal clock that takes them away
    But the portal of eternity slowly arrives
    To escort them back to the other side :

    For family and friends are waiting also
    To pay respect ; chat and hug their souls
    Yet my fiber yearns for days of old
    My brothers and I with stories untold :

    No matter how hard I hold them
    No matter how hard I try
    364 days till I see them again
    To laugh ; hug ; joke and lie
    Can't stay the tears from these old eyes ;

    Painfully as my heart tears
    Slowly they move towards the mist of dawn
    Fading back from whence they came
    Too soon ; too fast and they're gone
    A lasting pain leaves me numb :

    Woodstock turns and taps my head
    C.C. ; As long as we are there
    We can never be dead
    Then shoulder to shoulder
    Into the mist they disappear :

    And so the wait of another year
    Till we gather and all are near
    Lonely are the days laid bare
    Until I see you standing there :

    Now 44 Memorial Days come and gone
    Each passing year seems so much longer
    Yet with each passing heartbeat
    Brings me closer to the mist :

    One day yonder in eternity's caress
    Shall I take the walk eternal
    Shoulder to shoulder ; arm in arm with my brother's band
    Into the new realm ; we will delve
    Leaving behind this mortal shell :

    Till then I shall post guard
    Coffee black and touch of Jack
    And await the mist for your return
    So we may laugh and cry and tell soldier's lies :

    Memorial Day is everyday in this old heart
    But for only one do we get to visit
    Yet when I hear our song ; Iron Man
    Will I know you're on your way :

    Up and ready for our yearly day
    Until the day ; I no longer post guard
    But step away
    And pass with you all to the eternal day :

    Brothers Eternal :
    C.C.

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    God Bless you Pops. And all the others who have saw things no one should have ever had to see and lost brothers while doing so.

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    Thanks Son. These words are just something I wrote down 1 Memorial day eve when the pen moved me. It's hard to explain ; but if we are ever face to face again I would be more than glad to try to explain it to you.

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    No need to explain here, I'm good, been hangin in there.

    "Meet you further on up the road" brother!
    Be safe.............the night is your friend.

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    Mr Eagle, words escape me...you are truely the man! Thank you for having the courage to do what so many of us didn't. Thank you...Thank you...Thank you!
    "Teach the children quietly
    For someday sons and daughters
    Will rise up and fight while we stood still"

    I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Domeguy View Post
    Mr Eagle, words escape me...you are truely the man! Thank you for having the courage to do what so many of us didn't. Thank you...Thank you...Thank you!
    Thanks for the kind words Dome . There are many amongst us who appreciate people of you caliber and your support. Words have always swirled around in my head since I was young. For me I guess it's some sort of therapy to turn them loose. I think many of us military or not have these same thoughts of people ; friends and brothers lost. I believe it teaches us that life will go on and that we'll gain new brothers and sisters in our journey through life.
    Such as the many I have gained being here on this site. Though peace may never truly completely come from our past I have many here that help steer a path of help and support when needed even though they may not realize it. As they would do for every member.

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