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Yellow Ribbons Fade too fast
Contributed by
Elizabeth_Dandy
on
Wednesday, 16th February 2005 @ 10:05:41 AM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Yellow Ribbons fade so fast
Llike acacia,- yellow lush,-
So zest and drive does neither last,
But wilts upon the bush.
Young brave freedom warrior
Returning from the battle field,
Will he get the due succor
For battling and blood spilled?
Funds are allocated, but
For what? for whom? for who?-
Some programs stay and some are cut,
Remember? déja vu?
Will these funds the veteran bless,
To prove due gratitude,
Or will his fate be homelessness,
And lack of care and food.
Post-traumatic stress disorder,-
A label proximate,-
As justice for the warrior
Who sleeps within a crate.
Yet hordes come with impunity
Invading freedom’s land,
While soldiers fight for liberty
Fatigued, exhausted, spent.
Invasion from a border’s south
Make sacrifices nil
And vain and pointless are the blows
Sustained in fight and kill.
Millions come by day and night,
Just laws exist no more,
But none stands up to set things right
As they invade our shore!
But warriors stare in rainy mist
Or shovel snow, - who cares?
Let déja vu ! - psychiatrists
Attend the vacant stares.
Yellow ribbons tied around
The poles the bush, the tree,
Fall far too soon upon the ground
With no indemnity.
He has returned, came home, sweet home,
The one that fought and bled ,
But all he loved and had is gone,-
Salute the warrior Vet!
By: Elizabeth Dandy
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Elizabeth_Dandy
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Re: Yellow Ribbons Fade too fast
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by Stitch on
Wednesday, 16th February 2005 @ 10:39:08 AM AEST
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You are so right and you have blessed me with this reminder.
Thank you.
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Re: Yellow Ribbons Fade too fast
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by Arsenic on
Wednesday, 16th February 2005 @ 11:51:33 AM AEST
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The fact that you remember, and recognize that our gratitatude is more then showing a ribbon for a time, is very touching. Thank you.
I liked the poem, except maybe the 7th and 8th stanzas because I have a different view of our invasion from the south. Very good poem none the less.
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Re: Yellow Ribbons Fade too fast
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by ButchHoward on
Wednesday, 26th April 2006 @ 10:42:57 AM AEST
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Elizabeth, this is a much needed reminder of the sacrifices made by our men and women in military uniform. It is also a sad reminder that while we are helping those in other parts of the world gain their own freedom, our own government is allowing ours to be usurped. Very nice write!
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