Independence Day 2011
service with honor
cerulean skies ignite
for freedom’s delight
With this brief senryu I invite you to give thanks to the service personnel, active, on call, and retired, who bear with honor the burden of maintaining our freedom; and share further, if you will, one soldier’s perspective in etheree form reprised from last year ~ Thank You
Fireworks
Bright
embers
burn the sky
with toxic flames,
searing flesh and mind;
‘till veiled by joyous cries,
mem’ries retreat, careworn eyes
open to see reflected light
glow with freedom’s joy in his child’s face.
For this sight with pride he served – soldier smiles.
© 2010 Kate Sender
http://kate2world.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/fireworks-a-soldiers-view/
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