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Waking to Sadness |
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Though I've often felt loss before,
It never becomes
easy to bear;
As another steps through life's door
I
find it impossible not to care.
All the soothing
sounds we make
All the platitudes we say,
Can't my
quiet melancholy take
Nor lift the sadness of that day.
As my life slowly unfolds
I'm sure that I will always
find
Wistful thoughts from days of old
Gently coursing
through my mind.
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July;
Could that dreaming sorrow be for
Those genuine patriots
who had to die
To protect these nurturing shores?
So many of us have put aside
Personal differences, anger,
pain
Because of our national pride
And not for any
selfish gain.
Not for red states, not for blue
Did
we fight and bleed and strive;
It was not for some
political hue
That we offered our very lives.
For
the friends fighting at our side,
Living embodiments of
our land,
That is why we fought and died;
That is why
we took that stand.
During tomorrow's celebrations,
When banners snap against the sky,
Remember those who
preserved the nation;
Remember the patriots who had to
die. |
By Thurman P. Woodfork
Copyright 2006
Listed
March 22, 2011 |
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About
Author...
Thurman P. Woodfork (Woody) spent his
Air Force career as a radar repairman in places as disparate as
Biloxi, Mississippi; Cut Bank, Montana; Tin City, Alaska; Rosas,
Spain and Tay Ninh, Vietnam. In Vietnam, he was assigned to
Detachment 7 of the 619th Tactical Control Squadron, a Forward Air
Command Post located on Trai Trang Sup. Trang Sup was an Army
Special Forces camp situated about fifty miles northwest of Saigon
in Tay Ninh province, close to the Cambodian border.
After Vietnam, Woody remained in the Air Force for nine more years.
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