A Different kind of Christmas Poem.......Please Read

[Viking 0]

I know its an email pass around but i don't give a damn.



The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep.
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear.
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.



A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack; brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said, "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice,
I'm here every night."

"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl ' on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram' always remembers."

"My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile."



Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home".

"I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother."

"Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."

"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?"
"It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long."

"For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

To all the troops that Have or are serving Thank you!!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[NtheSeaOrSky 0]

Thank you for sharing this Arthur.


now if you will excuse me, I seem to have something in my eye

Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

[Viking 0]

I'v had something in my eye for about 5 mins now. Must be going around.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[DangerRoo 0]

wow!! great post

Thanks for helping keep them in our thoughts, all those brave souls who fight for us.

(I.C.D#2 VP)
"<3 ..Looks like breasts coming out of an ice cream cone. Mmmm."~John Mitchell
"I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama

[Viking 0]

No problem :) i just wish it would get stuck at the top......

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[DangerRoo 0]

I hear ya

(I.C.D#2 VP)
""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama

[Viking 0]

you do? thats nice to hear.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[ACMESkydiver 0]

I like that.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[DangerRoo 0]

ya, haha sometimes even loud and clear
.... hear what I'm sayin? LOL


lots are reading it, just short on replys

(I.C.D#2 VP)
""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama

[LeatherNeck5931 0]

Semper Fi

[ThighMan 5]

Airborne.... All the way. Thank you.

Airborne
Blue Skies, No Wind
Feet and Knees Together

[Rick 67]

thank you that is awesome

You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early!

[SARLDO 0]

Thank you for posting this. I too seem to have gotten somthing in my eye.

And to all my brothers and sisters in arms, thank you for your sacrifice and Happy Holidays, where ever you are.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[millertime24 8]

Thank you.


-Mike

Muff #5048

[Viking 0]

No problem.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[gonzalesna 1]

Good stuff.

Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

[airtwardo 7]

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Viking 0]

hehehe i can almost see you guys standing up a little straighter.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[DangerRoo 0]

while wiping our eyes

(I.C.D#2 VP)
"<3 ..Looks like breasts coming out of an ice cream cone. Mmmm."~John Mitchell
"I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama

[gonzalesna 1]

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hehehe i can almost see you guys standing up a little straighter.

Not too hard since he usually is humped over. Clicky

Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

[grannyinthesky 0]

Thanks for posting this. I've thought a lot about it and how different is is now than the 60's and 70's with Vietnam. I lost friends then, both physically and mentally because of the way the war changed them. It is really good to see our young men and women getting the respect and admiration they deserve. Again, thanks.

"safety first... and What the hell.....
safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy

POPS #10490

[DangerRoo 0]

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hehehe i can almost see you guys standing up a little straighter.

Not too hard since he usually is humped over. Clicky

humped over what?

(I.C.D#2 VP)
""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama

[gonzalesna 1]

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hehehe i can almost see you guys standing up a little straighter.

Not too hard since he usually is humped over. Clicky

humped over what?

click the clicky

Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

[Viking 0]

NIce your such a knuckle dragger!!

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Not too hard since he usually is humped over. Clicky

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[NtheSeaOrSky 0]

*bump*

Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...