Flags fly
At half staff
As we pass by
Men who salute
His flag draped casket.
Slowly proceeding
To eternal rest;
Emotions falter
As tears pour
From eyes devastated
By this tragedy.
“This flag is presented
On behalf of a grateful nation…”
A nation that unknowingly
Lost its best.
His journey has ended
And all I wish
Is to go Home
Together.

.take care,
~*sunemstar*~.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
~ Mark Twain

This poem displays honor, pride and the true sadness of mourning.

Well done.

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"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B."
-Fats Domino

www.amybills.com

brought tears to my eyes...

i have nothing to say to improve this (which is understandable, considering how much more expirenced at poetry you are) so i'll just say "beauiful" and end it there

*Forgotten Love*

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~*~You have been the treasure in my hand. You have been the one who always stood beside me. So unaware, I foolishly believed that you would always be there. But then there will come a day, when I will turn my head and you will slip away.~*~

Maybe i love you too much?

I think Your last couple of lines really drives the true impact of the loss 'home.'

Very nice.
-Hellsangel

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I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you to come back home
I just called to say, I love you come back home (Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock)

Stella Splendens
December 22, 1985-March 27, 2003
Rest in peace, mi hermanita

Hellsangel has said exactly what I had planned to say.

And all I wish
Is to go Home
Together.

The fallen soldier is reverenced as the symbol of courage and sacrifice and rightly so........ but to someone, he is a lover, Daddy, son, brother, mate..... who will never come home again.

The title was fitting, sunemstar.

Well written.

The first sentence (first five lines) contrast with the second, in that the former depicts the tragedy from the angle of the "nation" and the latter projects personal loss. Terse (brief) and sharp. How could you pack so much into so few and well-penned words? – perhaps, well-penned is the answer, a master can convey something in two words or in two thousand.
flag draped casket, that struck.
A nation that unknowingly
Lost its best.
-by "unknowingly" do you imply that the soldier is a statistic for the nation?

It is not the loss of a number or a badge of honor, rather a person who is something to someone and who fought to protect some many. *sigh* & my heart goes out to anyone that experiences the anxiety and waiting for someone to return, checking the papers everyday, and perhaps if it so happens then coming to what you describe.
Thank you for sharing, and take care.


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"The statue of a naked woman. (…)you understand what the figure must be. The human spirit. The heroic in man. The aspiration and the fulfillment, both. Uplifted in its quest – and uplifting by its own essence. Seeking God – and finding itself. Showing that there is no higher reach beyond its own form. …" ~ Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead