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Lest We Forget

Memorial Day, 2002

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Dear Diary,
On this Memorial Day I am reminded of the need on my part to remember all of our fallen comrades; those courageous, loyal, patriotic individuals who sacrificed themselves in defense of the United States of America.  The candle above will be lit as long as I am around to see to it that it remains so. Hopefully, others will insure that the same flickering token continues ad infinitum after I am recalled.
I have no way of knowing how many of our viewers have been accorded the opportunity to read and give due consideration to the content of the following poem.  It is for this reason that it is included as an addendum.
With utmost sincerity,
Dick

 

Eulogy for a Veteran

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the mornings hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.

~Author Unknown



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