Subject: A different Christmas poem > 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." --I was sent this poem and wanted to share it...you can share it too if you wish!!! love Amanda

That's great!

why thank you!

--Amanda

Thank you, that is beautiful

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