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prolific
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:40 pm |
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Twas the Night Before Christmas... A soldier's poem
Take a few minutes this Holiday Season to say a prayer for our servicemen and women who are serving far from home and for their loved ones who will be missing them.
T'was the night before Christmas...................
T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE
MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN
THIS HOME DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP.
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.
This poem was written by a Marine. The following is
his request. I think it is reasonable....
PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this
to as many people as you can? Christmas will be
coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service
men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities.Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny
bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our
heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for
us. Please, do your small part to plant this small
seed.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR U.S. SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN!!
THANK YOU!!
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| SavannahStar
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:27 pm |
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Thank you for posting that, Pro!!! It's simply beautiful.
Thanks to all who serve our country! 
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| tulsad
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:46 pm |
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Prolific - thank you, how beautiful. When I went to look for a small image to include in my comment, I found this - http://www.dobhran.com/greetings/GRinspire319.htm It's the site for the poem; I hope that you don't mind that I included it.
 
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| GeorgiaMom
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:49 pm |
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I loved it Prolific, Thank you.
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| prolific
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:55 pm |
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| tulsad wrote: | Prolific - thank you, how beautiful. When I went to look for a small image to include in my comment, I found this - http://www.dobhran.com/greetings/GRinspire319.htm It's the site for the poem; I hope that you don't mind that I included it.
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No I don't mind at all. Thanks for the link. I didn't know there was a site with the poem. How beautiful.
Someone sent it to me in an email. Someone sent that to me a few years ago when my son was in Iraq during Christmas and I received it again this year. It still brings tears to my eyes.
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| gagal_05
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:03 pm |
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Thanks, pro. Very touching. My thoughts go all to all service men & women and their families!
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