There exists a poem,
we hear just before death
Departing in silence,
upon our last breath
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Bill, you have the heart of both poet and soldier---this poem both grieves and uplifts, dreads and hopes---
InSusan, only you would discern the part that uplifts, that is what makes you na great poetess, you decipher. The heartbeat of words arranged
this is strong writing and all the stars in the sky would not be enough but I give it 5 because that is all that is allowed, and a fav