Operation Just Cause ...for as long as it takes
USS Cole - In Memorial
(From One Generation to the Next)
by Christina
Their loss is ours.
Their sons and daughters
belong to all of us.
Random violence or planned,
it hurts in similar ways -
It brings to mind
another time,
a measurement of days -
each year for ten years,
give or take a thousand tears.
Each generation that
fights a War
hopes that there will
be no more....
But the battles continue
everywhere, and the rock-throwing
and the mini-wars
cause more death
and lasting scars.
We remember.
We will remember,
and so, we grieve anew.
We are quiet in our sorrow,
some say hello to memories,
unbidden and unwanted,
some say prayers
and once again,
our dreams are haunted.
Along the way,
we have discovered
that our own pain
lies just below the surface
easily uncovered.
And now, for them,
we will grieve anew,
for this is something
we have learned to do.
Christina 10-13-00
The Mirror Remember the ones
Christina 10-20-00
by Christina
who have gone Far Away
when you look at your face
in the mirror today.
Make something of
your Life,
for theirs is no more -
We are the Aftermath
of that tragic War .....
58,000
on a Wall in DC -
When I look in the mirror
I see them - not just me.
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