…today to understand the reason for this solemn holiday.
The American Flag…our symbol of Freedom…at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Illinois.
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Category Archives: Death
In Memoriam
Martin Richard, Age 8
Photo courtesy CNN, but reworked in Photoshop (TM)
One child
would not awake
to the brilliant Spring day
with thoughts of fun in the park
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He now sleeps
the longest slumber…
never again to run
never to make his mark
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Please…as Martin’s mother suffered a brain injury, and his sister lost a leg, remember this entire family in your prayers and thoughts.
Thank you.
First day of Spring: Haiku
flora bleached and sere
stand against harsh elements
life persists ‘neath death
.
.
.
In light of today’s most terrible tragedy…
…at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, it would be tasteless to post any Christmas photos.
Instead, I ask you all to take a moment and pray (whether you do that normally or not) for all the families who, through no fault of their own, are having to experience the loss of loved ones…especially those who have lost children, the most horrific ordeal any parent must face.
My sadness is nothing when compared to theirs.
It has been a long day…
…many hours spent remembering this date, which was Thanksgiving Day back sixteen years ago in 1996…a day of great sorrow, because I lost this:
Erik, #60
This photo is dated Aug. 31, 1990…six years and about 3 months before the unthinkable, the unbelievable happened on black ice at mile marker 100 near the town of Legnica, Poland.
One minute, a vibrant, brilliant mechanical design engineer, redesigning pollution control systems in Poland, and Beijing, China, and about to do the same in Italy…the next minute brought instant death, a head on collision with a German tanker truck.
Sixteen years, and though I’ve done many things (and almost died twice, myself) in all this time, the tragedy and loss remain fresh….
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LATE #1
All was very pale
in the dark that night
I saw a chin and a nose
every time I closed my eyes
I could not see your face
but I knew it was yours
as you lay on the ground
:dead:
In Poland
.
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LATE #2
Life
Reduced to paperwork
Files and accounts
.
It is still difficult to believe
You are no longer here
To joke and laugh
And do your Mike Tyson imitation
.
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Peeks at the lake…
…during 9/11’s contemplative walk.
Morning at the Lake–11SEP2012
Here…then Gone
Empty Benches
