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Unmarked Grave

August 28, 2010
By DesolateDoorknob PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Laying underground with an unmarked grave
kids decorated with flags and flowers.
Dishonored men of the brave
forgotten by many yet not their widowers.
Decorations for the young and old
who died and rested with an unmarked grave.

Souls or men and women bless the kid
who put decor on their graves of wonder.
For all the lost souls who had been hid
forgive the people who had made the blunder.
Decorations for the young and old
who got put under with a permanent lid.

© Jenn H., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
The Vietnam Veterans. Every lost soul that fought and died in that wild and foreign country are lost forever but never forgotten. Some died without a name and given burials with no names.
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Sinister-Von GOLD said...
on Aug. 21 2011 at 7:08 pm
Sinister-Von GOLD, Shawnee, Oklahoma
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Lol nice<33 same here at times thou.
DesolateDoorknob PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 20 2011 at 8:21 pm
DesolateDoorknob PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Lol I get them a lot with a phone that has auto correct
Sinister-Von GOLD said...
on Aug. 20 2011 at 7:47 pm
Sinister-Von GOLD, Shawnee, Oklahoma
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Cool lol and :P typos lol
DesolateDoorknob PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 18 2011 at 8:06 pm
DesolateDoorknob PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Do not let the things you cannot do interfere with the things that you can do

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Haha it's all good, I knew what you meant (:
and thanks, one of my first ones.
Sinister-Von GOLD said...
on Aug. 18 2011 at 6:48 pm
Sinister-Von GOLD, Shawnee, Oklahoma
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never stop doing what you love, The past makes you who you are today. Live for today and not for tomorrow

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love* lol:)
Sinister-Von GOLD said...
on Aug. 17 2011 at 11:33 pm
Sinister-Von GOLD, Shawnee, Oklahoma
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ove this ver much