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Read MoreI look into your tear-some eyes with profundity. I scout with a penetrating gaze and see your realm of watery graves. Those eyes of yours are the gates, beyond the reeking eyes is an abysmal mind. The anguish welled within, there I meet you to bathe...
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Read MoreUnder the winter day’s whispery glow, all is quiet here. This is my shattering. No more hymns of breath. Just waiting beside my tombstone. Dressed wildly in vines of time. Had you been a ghost too, would you have noticed me? Must death be the only way? Bound now...
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Awesome! Great write. Love the atmosphere. Bookmarking this one.
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Read MorePrefer you my romantical ghost with beating heart and spirit ascending from this grave to show I still love you? Prefer you a love letter from the depths of my grave? One penned in ink, or in tears from my veins? Prefer you to pluck a crimson...
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Read MoreElsie, Elsie, ring your bell,bring here all the boys.Summon back the ones who diedfrom where they were deployed.~Bandage up their arms and legs,Take away their fears.Erase the flashbacks in their mindsthat always re-appear.~Tell them it was just a dream,The...
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The poem was written with compassion and I felt it .
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Thank you, Fia.
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I love this! What a great read on Veteran’s Day!
Thank you for posting this.
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Wow! If he was alive I’d thank him for his courageous service. Thanks for the comment, Adelly. 🙂
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Tim, this really took me into Elsie’s heart and what she meant to our wounded men. I could feel the emotions here and the depth of your remembrance for her and the men she gave solace in their darkest hours. Truly a great poem.
John
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I appreciate the comment, John. Thank you.
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Powerfully penned, Tim. Excellent write and a heartfelt tribute my friend. Nicely done. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thanks very much, Damian.
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hello beautiful Fia beautifully written and inspirational my sister is currently a commander in the Navy she started in the Marines where she became the first female to be part of a Helo squad she has been deployed all over including Iraq… this write of your reminded me how important these people are to the peace we enjoy here thank you ❤️
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I gave Fia the message, crimsin.
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Excellent piece of writing Tim. Well said and emotionally driven. The words shine bright. Nice work.
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Thanks very much, Voi. 🙂
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Read MoreIt was a four-horse race atSanta Anita.I was with my old man andlittle brother.I put everything I had onthe number 3 horse to show.His name was Dusty's Diaper.Shoemaker was aboard;the shoe, for God's sake.It was a sure thing.All he...
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Poignant to the point of poetic perfection Thomas .. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍
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Thank you.
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This has a immense warmth to it.
Much enjoyed.
regards
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Thank you.
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Hi Thomas.
I completely agree with Nev.
I also liked how you specified 12 years old.
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Thanks.
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Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent write my friend, this one pulled at these old heartstrings of mine. Amazing work. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you.
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Hello Thomas. Your writing pulls me in every time. As though I’m standing right by you, living through what you wrote. Marvelous description, memorable write.
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I appreciate that.
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Beautiful write. The ending really got to me. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate that.
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First you took us to a memory. Then that last line. And that is the reason the memory matters. Beautiful. I knew mine wouldn’t live long, still hurts he’s gone
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Sad, tragic, real. This is one heavy piece. Great work nevertheless