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Array ( [sid] => 54896 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Old Soldier [time] => 2004-07-05 19:52:10 [hometext] => 290604 C Murphy my Motorcyle Friend [bodytext] => As the grey skies opened up
I prayed they were tears of Joy falling
Cause the angels were calling
A Old Soldier Home

73 years he roamed this earth ,
raised a family and did some living
all over.
And finally when he settled
he made here home.
Watching always from a distance
Never to infringing
Never too bold ,Kinda quiet and shy
A perfect sort of man
God fearing ,loyal ,faithful til the end.

He has gone to glory
The angels have called him home
and as I stood by his gravesite
in the down pour of rain.
I felt him take my hand .

And from
somewhere
came a Whisper

Do Not be afraid.

Whisper [comments] => 4 [counter] => 172 [topic] => 52 [informant] => Whisper [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 18 [ratings] => 4 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => goodbyepoetry )

The Old Soldier

Contributed by Whisper on Monday, 5th July 2004 @ 07:52:10 PM in AEST
Topic: goodbyepoetry

As the grey skies opened up
I prayed they were tears of Joy falling
Cause the angels were calling
A Old Soldier Home

73 years he roamed this earth ,
raised a family and did some living
all over.
And finally when he settled
he made here home.
Watching always from a distance
Never to infringing
Never too bold ,Kinda quiet and shy
A perfect sort of man
God fearing ,loyal ,faithful til the end.

He has gone to glory
The angels have called him home
and as I stood by his gravesite
in the down pour of rain.
I felt him take my hand .

And from
somewhere
came a Whisper

Do Not be afraid.

Whisper

Copyright © Whisper ... [ 2004-07-05 19:52:10]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: The Old Soldier (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 5th July 2004 @ 08:30:16 PM AEST
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He sounded like a beautiful soul. I am sorry for the loss of your friend. Peace be with you as I know he will be until you meet again.

Rita

Re: The Old Soldier (User Rating: 1 )
by babygirl2004 on Monday, 5th July 2004 @ 08:37:19 PM AEST
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i am so sorry for ur loss i to have lost a good soul a couple weeks ago and ur poem reminds me of him thank you for bringing the memories and the tears to my heart god bless u

Re: The Old Soldier (User Rating: 1 )
by BrandySwanson on Saturday, 10th July 2004 @ 01:34:04 PM AEST
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sorry for your loss hope your okay. thanks for sharing this beautiful poem with us.'

Brandy

Re: The Old Soldier (User Rating: 1 )
by wray on Friday, 13th August 2004 @ 11:25:44 PM AEST
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A lovely tribute. The final words of this poem sent a chill down my back. I was imagining myself standing by a friend's grave, and I think the usual line would be a whisper like "I'll always be with you" or something like that, but for someone to whisper "do not be afraid" is really quite awe-inspiring. I would know then that I did not have to be afraid of living my life without them, and that on the other side everything is OK. I think that one sentence alone can carry you through anything you have to suffer.

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