[Steppes] Fwd: [Elfsea] Fwd: (no subject)

[Michelle Dodd]

This is something special to read.


>From: "Julie Self" <julie_self at hotmail.com>
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>Subject: [Elfsea] Fwd: (no subject)
>Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:20:15 +0000
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>>Subject: (no subject)
>>Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:49:18 EST
>>
>> > TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
>> > HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
>> > IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
>> > PLASTER AND STONE.
>> >
>> > I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
>> > WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
>> > AND TO SEE JUST WHO
>> > IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
>> >
>> > I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
>> > A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
>> > NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
>> > NOT EVEN A TREE.
>> >
>> > NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
>> > JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
>> > ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
>> > OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
>> >
>> > WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
>> > AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
>> > A SOBER THOUGHT
>> > CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
>> >
>> > FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
>> > IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
>> > I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
>> > ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
>> >
>> > THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
>> > SILENT, ALONE,
>> > CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
>> > IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
>> >
>> > THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
>> > THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
>> > NOT HOW I PICTURED
>> > A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
>> >
>> > WAS THIS THE HERO
>> > OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
>> > CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
>> > THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
>> >
>> > I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
>> > THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
>> > OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
>> > WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
>> >
>> > SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
>> > THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
>> > AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
>> > A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
>> >
>> > THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
>> > EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
>> > BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
>> > LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
>> >
>> > I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
>> > HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
>> > ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
>> > IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
>> >
>> > THE VERY THOUGHT
>> > BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
>> > I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
>> > AND STARTED TO CRY.
>> >
>> > THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
>> > AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
>> > "SANTA DON'T CRY,
>> > THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
>> >
>> > I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
>> > I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
>> > MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
>> > MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."
>> >
>> > THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
>> > AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
>> > I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
>> > I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
>> >
>> > I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
>> > SO SILENT AND STILL
>> > AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
>> > FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
>> >
>> > I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
>> > ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
>> > THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
>> > SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
>> >
>> > THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
>> > WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
>> > WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
>> > IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
>> >
>> > ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
>> > AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
>> > "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
>> > AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
>> >
>> > This poem was written by a Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan. The
>>following
>> > is his request. I think it is reasonable.....
>> >
>> > PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
>>people
>>as
>> > you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
>>U.S.
>> > service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
>>festivities.
>> > Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make
>>people
>> > stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed
>>themselves
>>for
>> > us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.
>> >
>> >
>>
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