Memorial day poetry. My brother had died…
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
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My brother had died…
Old age led me to hard decisions.
To laugh or cry?
To run or fight?
To kill or let live?
I’m led by my heart. I’m tire of war.
War is costly for the country in taxes and the lives of young men and woman.
The peaceful man want little.
Some land, work and a safe place to live.
I’m a old man now.
I hold vigil for mother’s son and daughters fighting for ruthless and cold leaders.
They can send bombs with no conscious to areas of population without concern for
the woman and children running from war.
I’m left vacant and disillusion by leaders deciding who is right or wrong on other continents.
How can leaders who allowed a great land to fall apart?
50 million on welfare. No jobs and 35 trillion in debt decide the future of Syria?
Our multimillionaire leaders want confusion and purpose.
I hope sending Soldiers into a internal conflict isn’t one of them.
I’m led by my heart. I’m in search of blind hope and old dreams.
Nobodies buy the lies of the leaders in Washington D.C.
After 5,000 years of war.
Too many woman and children had weep for men and woman lost to war.
I visit good friends lost to war.
I lay with the wild flowers wondering?
Was their death worthwhile?
I hear whispering in the wind.
“Remember me when I’m gone.”
One of my brother soldiers lay in a peaceful grave.
A gift of a daughter’s flowers resting on his stone.
I drank my friend favorite beer. I remember his laughter.
His strong voice.
He died like so many brave United State men and woman.
Brothers in arms will stand together in peace and war time.
Pray for peace. Pray for common sense.
Pray for leaders with wisdom. History repeat itself for blind and incompetence leaders.
I leave the three cans of Miller beer on my good friend grave.
I salute him and leave with a solemn heart.
Today I watch my world led by darkness and corruption.
Leader who do things without reason and purpose.
USA isn’t the policy police of the world.
It is time to fix our house. USA need some TLC.
We must remember.
FREEDOM IS’T FREE.
Coyote
Amen! Amen! So sorry for your loss my friend 🇺🇸🙏 I pray for your comfort and peace. I pray peace and comfort over your family and friends during this time of remembrance and every day that follows.
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I keep in contact with his children. They are mamas now. I know he is watching them from heaven. He was a good father. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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That is awesome. I bet they truly appreciate your love and support. Especially during these times of remembrance 🇺🇸🙏
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We never discuss their father. We do visit his grave. There were young when their father was killed in Iraq. He would be proud of them. Strong and beautiful women now.
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Oh my. 🥺 How sad to lose a father at such a young age. I can understand how not discussing about their father can be. It’s just too painful for others to re-live those painful memories. However, visiting his grave means deep down, they still remember how great of a father he was and they still love and miss him. 🙏🇺🇸
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They do miss him and they always have fresh flowers on his grave.
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I hear you. It is good there is a day like Memorial Day for remembrance but bad that there has to be remembrance due to war. My parents went through WW II and had to escape their homeland Latvia and spend time in the DP Camps in Germany where they got married and then finally got to the New World and NYC in 1951 but they could never return to Latvia and the horrors and death they left behind always stayed in their memory,
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heartbreaking and beautiful and you are so right
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Memorial day. A hard day for me dear Beth. There is no beauty in war and there are no winners. Thank you dear friend for reading and the comment.
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yes, and I cannot even imagine how hard it must be. for all who sacrificed and those who motive and miss them. thank you
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Thank you dear Beth.
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