She counts the medals again,
Their memory so sweet.
She lights the candle softly;
What do her eyes then meet?
Sea shells of different shapes,
Some oblong and some round;
Yellowing photos misplaced,
Some letters lost and found;
Some crinkled diary pages
Chronicling life events
From childhood, school and army
Corporals and sergeants.
These remains of a brave life
Of a dynamic sort,
Was in Iraqi hot sands
So suddenly cut short!
• Written in abcb, 8-6-8-6 syllabic format.
• Written for the Poetry Newsletter and contest hosted by Stormy Lady. The prompt was to use the following words:
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