Memorial Day tribute to the lost

[wizdum]

I offer this humble poem to our brave brothers and sisters in the military, past, present and future, who have been lost and who have discharged their duties with the best of intentions. I salute you and I honor you all, and I am sorry that so many of you have been exploited by our corporate government for financial gain. God bless you and may you have peaceful journeys in the afterlife.

Oh Brothers and Sisters,
I've seen your fearlessness,
and witnessed your life's breath,
I have heard you cry for your mother's arms at the moment of your death...
Surely you'll awaken in the light of God's love.
Om, peace, peace, peace.

With a heavy heart and the utmost respect and gratitude for your sacrifice,

wizdum

[Booster]

1. That's really, really nice. Straight from the heart.

[wizdum]

2. Thank you spendax...

I appreciate you visiting my Memorial Day thread. This was a quiet day in my neighborhood. The air was very respectful in the city of Ann Arbor today, a bastion of progressive liberalism. We're very concerned around here about the war and desperately want it to end. Who'll be the last soldier to die for this war? God only knows.

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3. Heartfelt Veteran's Honor Songs offered by Native Americans

Veteran's Honor Songs by the Black Lodge Singers

World Wars I & II

Desert Storm

Don't Cry Soldier Boy

Soldier Boy

Link -- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6654296/a/Veterans'+Honor+Songs.htm

[wizdum]

4. Don't Cry Soldier Boy...

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Brothers In Arms

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you’ll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you’ll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms…Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I’ve watched your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms…There’s so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones…Now the sun’s gone to hell
And the moon’s riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it’s written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We are fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

Dire Straits