Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Never Forget

towering


monument to mastery, thought over steel
brow creased, dreams and greed, you are power
in a reality of data paper ink you accumulate
sure of means, free to speculate, you are power.

fluorescent yellow tape across your back
hair matted, sweat and ash, you are safe
in a flash of yellow orange red white heat
shards of glass, tons of concrete, you are safe.

your true essence obscured
personified by instinct and fear, you are love
in a tear for compassion courage hope unseen
a yearning, a chance to be, you are love.



                                                -- Mary A. Bourke, 2002




Our Flag is Still Here

[photos copied from Web]


Never Forget.





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