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Remains of the Day
by Deborah Ann Tornillo → (All Poetry by Deborah Ann Tornillo)
Sunday, June 7, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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 Remains of the Day

 

Classified a hero

Yesterday’s loss.

Made the sacrifice

At all cost.

 

Forty plus years

Hard to accept.

Anger to tears

Hope, I've kept.

 

Never leave behind

A motto preached.

Why he’s not found

No reason reached.

 

Remains of the day

A world apart.

Today’s memory

His purple heart.

 

Deborah Ann Tornillo

Copyright, 2015


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 Reviews of "Remains of the Day"
Reviewed by John Bidwell
Reviewed on November 24, 2018
There is much we never forget.

John

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 8, 2015
I can't recall reading previously, but I hope you've had an opportunity to travel to Vietnam to where he was last deployed and had an opportunity to talk to the local people. I understand that those that have been able to do that have found great peace in doing so.

Ron

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on June 7, 2015
I am saddened by this . . .


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