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For the Treasure Seekers |
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Bless those that are looking
Hunting for the tiniest
clue
Chopping thru the jungle
God, let their vigor
renew
Those digging through the mud
Sifting through
each shovel too
Looking for evidence of a crash site
Or a last battle on an old night
Or a piece of button
from a uniform
Any piece of metal wedged so tight
Dog
tags in the jungle floor
Anything that differs from the
norm
That the jungle vines may bind
Treasure hunters,
they are, searching
And the treasure they hope to find
Just a scrape of a military shoe
Or a resting place in a
foreign land
A ring once worn upon a hand
God give
them strength and bless them
For what they still have to
do
Shield them from the blazing sun
Shelter them from
the monsoon rain
That they may be able to continue on
And, in doing so, ease some family's pain
May they bring
a missing soldier home again. |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2002
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July 31, 2011 |
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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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