<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580303" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To the Departed</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The starkness of white upon the green<br>The paper is crisp. Crisp and clean<br>A rustle of wind- a flutter of pages<br>Words written down- never to be seen</div><div style="margin:10px 0">by the departed- by the intended<br>Written fast and hard with tears that blended<br>together with the words- together with the thoughts<br>together with angst that was politically rendered</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before the year was through- an Asian demise<br>the half expected telegram had given rise<br>to broken hearts and broken lives-<br>Broken promises and all that implies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sliding of fingertips over etched names<br>with the aim to lay to rest any or all blame<br>And all along that black granite wall<br>step after step, you’ll find the same</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Loving mementos laid gently down to rest<br>for those who have been loved the best<br>White letters lay upon green grass<br>to confide, beg forgiveness and perhaps to confess.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the departed- to the intended<br>Written slowly and haltingly with tears that blended<br>together with the words and together with a wish…..<br>God..if only one day sooner the war could have ended.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Julie+Dant">Julie Dant</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580303" data-title="To the Departed de Julie Dant" data-description="The starkness of white upon the green The paper is crisp. Crisp and clean A rustle of wind- a flutter of pages Words written down- never to be seen by the departed- by the intended Written fast and hard with tears that blended together with the w..."></div> </div> </div>

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