For I Am Dead: The Dead Soldier’s Regret, 2011 Posted on March 30, 2011 <http://www.thecanadasiteblog.com/?p=984> by canfan <http://www.thecanadasiteblog.com/?author=1>
*For I Am Dead: The Dead Soldier’s Regret* * <http://www.thecanadasiteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8a1f8d024a2d9354c9d0db1510ce1-e1301483787780.jpg>* Gone and forgotten, the 155 ordinary Canadians - like Cpl. Yannick Scherrer, who died on Sunday, Mar. 28 - all sacrifices made for the corporate-engineered war in Afghanistan, so that hundreds of millions of "success fees" could be ripped off the taxpayers of Canada by Ottawa armaments dealer lobbyists, for billions more in "war toys" for the military-industrial complex, which General Eisenhower warned us about, fifty years ago... and which today, is by far, the domineering control group in Government, jingoistically waving the flag, poisoning the Canadian democracy. The birds no longer sing in trees, No laughing children round my knees, Gone are the things once gave me ease, For I am Dead… My kinfolk loaned me, while I was well; You sent me to that Afghan hell, And shipped them back an empty shell, For I am Dead… Don’t tell my kin how proud you are, That I died for cause in Kandahar; Is it not just more than a bit bizarre? For I am Dead… Don’t offer me your hollow praise, That might have helped in my living days, Or prop me up for your patriot displays, For I am Dead… Don’t raise to me your empty toast, Belie my service with your pompous boast; My vibrant being’s now a ghost, For I am Dead… <http://www.thecanadasiteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blais_karine1-e1301572175182.jpg> We protest the death of 21 year old Trooper Karine Blais, whose family refused to have the Canadian flag - the symbol of the entrenched corporate cabal that sent her to a useless death - cover her coffin. They, like the vast majority of Canadians, have always opposed this American instigated war against the Muslims to get economic and political control over their oilfields. Don’t cover me with your showpiece flag; It’s only a piece of fabric rag; My big toe’s tied with the meaningful tag, For I am Dead… Don’t rue me on Remembrance Day, Give up just a minute of your day; Just go on with your usual play, For I am Dead… And you, at the highway overpass, Who gawk as the parade of hearses pass, I say, stay home, and save your gas, For I am Dead… Your signs and flags give me no cheer, No solace from your sometime tear; Go home, relax, and drink your beer, For I am Dead… <http://www.thecanadasiteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/short_robert.jpg> Canada's first fatal casualty in Afghanistan, Sgt. Robert Short, who paid with his life for joining the military out of desperation to pay for food for his family. So save me all the mournful sighs; I chose the path to my demise, When I was young and most unwise, So now I’m dead… Instead, grieve innocents, in a land afar, For the many I killed, in a useless war, Yes, the women and children, in Kandahar, For they too are Dead… DEAD… DEAD. *Lest We Forget <http://thecanadasite.com/people/poetry_2.php>,**Rob, Karine, Jonathan, Michelle…* On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 6:45:25 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Sent by one of my CCNY ROTC buddies (cir 1956) with whom , regretfully, > I never had a chance to serve by his side. Love and remember those who > served, have served and will serve.* > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Sent: 1/11/2017 8:34:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time > Subj: Fwd: A Christmas Poem > > > > > > > *Date:* January 11, 2017 at 10:56:15 AM EST > *Subject:* *Fwd: A Christmas Poem* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *A Christmas Poem* > > The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, > I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. > My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, > My daughter beside me, angelic in rest > Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, > transforming the yard to a winter delight. > > The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, > Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve > > My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, > Secure and surrounded by love, I would sleep, > In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, > So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. > > The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, > But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. > Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, > > Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. > My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, > And I crept to the door just to see who was near. > > [image: cid:47FF1104FEC84956A9335A7D89299DF1@D75K3R61] > > Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, > A lone figure stood his face weary and tight. > A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, > Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. > Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, > Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. > > "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, > "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! > Put down your pack; brush the snow from your sleeve, > You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" > For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, > Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts, > > To the window that danced with a warm fire's light. > Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, > I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." > > "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, > That separates you from the darkest of times. > > No one had to ask or beg or implore, > I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before. > My Gramps died at Pearl on a day in December." > Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas Gram always remembers." > > "My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ', > And now it is my turn and so, here I am. > > I've not seen my own son in more than a while, > But my wife sends me pictures; he's sure got her smile." > Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, > The red, white, and blue... an American flag. > > "I can live through the cold and the being alone, > Away from my family, my house and my home > > I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, > I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. > I can carry the weight of killing another, > Or lay down my life for my sister or brother, > Who stand at the front against any and all > To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." > > "So go back inside," he said, "Harbor no fright, > Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." > "But isn't there something I can do, at the least? > Give you money," I asked, "Or prepare you a feast? > It seems all too little for all that you've done, > for being away from your wife and your son." > > Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, > "Just tell us you love us, and never forget > To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, > To stand your own watch, no matter how long > For when we come home, either standing or dead, > To know you remember we fought and we bled > Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, > that we mattered to you as you mattered to us." > > PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people > as you can? > Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed > themselves for us. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature> > Version: 2016.0.7996 / Virus Database: 4749/13736 - Release Date: 01/09/17 > > > > = > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <beo...@westerndefense.net <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOWY5cDlzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0ODQyNjQxMjk-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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