[JustAmy]

Friends
Please walk with me at sunset
We'll bundle up so warm
And take in all the beauty
Before the coming storm

I spent all morning baking
Putting treasures into tins
To give to friends and neighbors
And in parcels I can send

The nap I took was cozy
Winter has it's finer points
Can we walk a little slower
I'm feeling all my aching joints!

And so two friends walked slowly
As the day began to fade
Their footsteps could be traced
In the snow upon the glade

Their laughter echoed brightly
As they shared a joke or two
And the sky burst into a sunset
Filled with every fiery hue

A merry song resounded
As the lights of home grew near
It spoke of love and peace on earth
And all things they held dear

So they parted with a friendly hug,
There was no need for further talk
Tomorrow they would meet again
For another winter walk

Karen Shaw Matteson
2001

[Billie]

Oh, Amy, you are posting some of the most beautiful graphics here! Absolutely adorable this one!

[Calpernia]

Soldiers Eyes

To look into a soldier's eyes, the window to their soul.

Look out from inside their mind and see horrors never told.

You say we are just killers, it's not that plain you see.

Take a walk inside my boots and see what I have seen.

Many innocent lives taken and soldiers, they were some.

Giving their life freely to get the mission done.

The last cold stare of death, we see in our buddies eyes.

They fought for all your freedom, this is why we die.

Some wonder why we fight to protect this nation and maybe lose our life.

Ask this question to a soldier, the answers in their eyes.

Always will we be here waiting, the call we won't deny.

We'll always fight for freedom, never asking why.

We'll go away to far off lands , leaving our loved ones behind.

Many times we die alone, several times inside.

Open windows to our soul, see the tears we hide.

Secrets that we cannot keep are in a soldier's eyes

By SSG M.Lynn McCulley

[firewalk]

friends

I liked this one alot- thanks (-: