The news this morning broke my heart,
so many of our brave soldier have died,
a mortar rocket hit the mess hall,
I prayed to the Lord as I cried.
Many fathers, mothers, daughters,sons,
will be in Heaven on Christmas day,
families are left with broken hearts,
the war has taken their loved ones away.
Families will not have a merry Christmas,
the little ones will not understand,
their loved one lie dead on the ground,
all alone in a far away land.
God be ready they are heading home,
climbing the stairway to Heaven above,
they gave their all God, for eternal life,,
please embrace them with your sweet love.
My heart can feel their loved ones pain,
Lord,many tears will be shed today,
I cannot have a merry Christmas this year,
while fine soldiers are killed every day.
Lord protect these brave men and women,
I pray for a peaceful end to this war,
they sacrifice their lives for freedom,
I don't want these brave soldiers dying anymore.
Author notes
This was written for all our fine men and women in the military. My heart goes out to the families of the wounded and dead. This was a senseless cowardly act. Dear God welcome these brave soldiers let them rejoice in your love till they meet their loved ones someday in Heaven. God Bless our troops
Written December 22nd, 2004
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Thank you Jim for your heartfelt comment. I so agree with you. Take care, Sandy
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good write
Yes, you are right. I didn't want any of them to die and opposed this foolish and counterproductive war from the beginning. My poem, Where Blow The Winds Of War, has been up on the Grandmothers Against War website since before the totally unnecessary invasion of Iraq. I want the soldiers to come home as soon as possible and no more to die. I applaud your sentiments and hope that you still have a Merry Xmas since you are doing all you can in your own way, and that's all anybody can do.
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Thank you so much for the nice comment. I appreciate it so much. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you so much Kimberly for your heartfelt comment. It is so sad to lose these fine brave soldiers . One lose of life is too many. God bless you. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you for the wonderful comment.It is so appreciated. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you Mary for the lovely comment. It was so thoughtful. God bless all our fine military men and women. Take care,Sandy
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Sandy I have to say this one really touched me I have two friends in the military one in the marines the other in the air force and another who just started traing and she is on the army. The one in the marines and the one in the air force are both currently in Iraq. I hope and pray that god lays a hand upon are men and wemon over there.
God bless
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Though I myself am not a believer.. This almost made me cry. One of my friend's family lost a son and brother. It's such a sad event.. And cowardly is definately the truth. This poem is very very well written the topic.. is heart wrenching. Very nice.. Merry Christmas...
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I don't either. Please God protect all of them, Luke in particular, but all of them nonetheless. Thank you for writing this and calling attention to this sad time for the families and the stressful time all of the families of men and women in uniform over there are having. God Bless.
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This is so beautiful! The topic is so sad, yet you have produced such an informational, wonderful piece from it! Christmas in Heaven! I can only imagine! Thanks for sharing such a lovely poem, created from a depressing topic! It brightened my thoughts, only a bit!
Happy holidays! Merry Christmas! 
And wonderful job!
Purplerose
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Ah,ery sweet! I loved what you did with this poem!
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sad, but beautiful
Sandy, this was so beautiful, very sad, but very beautiful. It is awful what our troops have to go through because of this war
. Wonderful write, Sandy. Happy holidays. Much love. xxx
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oh, this is so sad. but very good.
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this is awesome! this is very heartfelt and bittersweet. war is a horrible thing...it's fought by men and women who shouldn't have to carry out the problems of our leaders of the world. your poem hits home here as well (my friends sister is in the air force) and we are all very worried about her. war is hard...especially at this time of year. in any case...you write very well.
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Omg this is sad... This is a wonderful write to those have lost there lifes.. And my heart and prayers are going out to those families that are grieving.. And I just heard the news a little over a hour ago and my heart just broke knowing all lose who have lost there lives and the family is going to be grieving.. This was such a wonderful writes thanks for sharing
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you Colin, Take care, Sandy
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Thank you so much pozo. I always appreciate your comments. Take care, Sandy
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Ann, Thank you so much for the wonderful comment. I was not inspired yesterday when I heard this tragic news right befor Christmas. All I could think of were their loved ones in grief. I could not write yesterday I was so depressed over this. But today I got mad at this senseless killing in a mess hall. I worry about so many iof my grandson's friend from his outfit that are over there. He may go this coming year. I will go crazy if he does. I will need God more then ever. Thank you for listening Ann. Take care my friend, Sandy ;f
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Sandy, I was watching TV myself this morning, my heart was breaking, so many lives....I pray with you my dear friend, for these brave men and their families, may God console these families with their losess and continue to protect our brave, may they be home soon, God Bless them all.... Thank you Sandy for sharing this lovely poem with us, Bless you dear one, Ann
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Wow, this is a beautiful poem but so sad I liked the way you wrote it but it's a sad event that happened recently I pray for every soldier out there and in Heaven
Thanks for commenting on my poem Yes, I am in love
All the best,
Pozo
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Awesome work, i have friends over there right now and one was already sent home because his humvee hit a mine, my heart is with them everyday and im glad to see others who feel the same, even if their friends and family arent over there, Again great write. -
Amen, to your prayer. I heard the sad news early this morning and it is heartbreaking. I can't imagine what their families are going thro right now, their lives are forever changed. Thank you for such an endearing write and sharing with us.
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Oh Sandy, this is so sad! I hadn't heard. I haven't had the TV or radio on because I've been so busy with other things. Goodness! Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This sure makes you really think about putting thinhgs in their proper perspective this holiday season and really being thankful for those non tangible things we have. Like family, friends and freedom. You are such a compassionate soul!
~Kimberly
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*sniffs* That touched my heart! Wonderful and beautiful piece, I could feel your emotions for the troops.
~Merry CHRISTmas
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a fitting remebrance for the troops who died
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My heart can feel their loved ones pain,
Lord,I have shed many tears today,
I cannot have a merry Christmas this year,
while fine soldiers are killed every day.
Lord protect these brave men and women,
I pray for a peaceful end to this war,
they sacrifice their lives for freedom,
I don't want these brave soldiers dying anymore.
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War is unfathamable and your poem reflects what we all feel about it. It's just useless!
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This is a wonderful piece, thank you so much for sharing! and I pray for all those families who have lost love ones over seas or who have loved ones over seas, I agree with Fathom war is just sad and crazy, and really i think unecessary as well.. Great Write!
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this was awesome and so true. I too have been praying for the soldiers at war...
Yvonne
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isnt war always sad and crazy?
god bless all
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