Phantom Blooper
12-25-03, 08:25 AM
I’ve heard of something called closure
And I have heard of people seeking closure
I have put some thought to this “closure” and what it is to me...
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What is closure and why do some seek it?
Will closure lessen the memories and the pain?
Does closure right the wrongs?
Is closure when they are no longer a presence in our hearts and minds?
Is closure when they no longer visit your resting place or memorials?
Is closure when they no longer remember you or what you did?
Is closure the Holy Grail?
~
Closure for some is when you have received your last rights
Closure for some is when they read your obituary in the paper
Closure for some is when they have thrown the last handful of dirt on your casket and everyone walks away
Closure for some is when they have scattered your ashes to the winds & seas
Closure for some is when they have set your tombstone
Closure for some is when they have moved on and get on with their lives without you
~
For those Marines, Sailors & Soldiers that sacrificed and were killed in Beirut, Lebanon
Those that were my Brothers – in – arms, my leaders, my mentors, my comrades, my friends...
I do not seek closure, nor do I want closure for them or me...
I want them, their sacrifices, their honor and their memories forever and always to be remembered and honored...
For they deserve more than closure... they deserve to be honored and remembered for eternity.
Twenty Christmas’s later I am not willing to close on this chapter of my life. Twenty Christmas’s later my lost brothers and their families are not as fortunate as mine. I celebrate this day with my family because of the “Reason for the Season” and this is the correct thing to do. But always in my mind I also celebrate for my brothers that could not be with their families. On this Christmas present I am always visited by the ghosts of Christmas past. After this lease on life is over, I pray that closure may come when I am visited one day by the ghost of future Christmas’s, and not by the ghost of the many Christmas's past. "Merry Christmas my brothers!"
Semper-Fi! "Never Forget" Chuck Hall:marine:
And I have heard of people seeking closure
I have put some thought to this “closure” and what it is to me...
~
What is closure and why do some seek it?
Will closure lessen the memories and the pain?
Does closure right the wrongs?
Is closure when they are no longer a presence in our hearts and minds?
Is closure when they no longer visit your resting place or memorials?
Is closure when they no longer remember you or what you did?
Is closure the Holy Grail?
~
Closure for some is when you have received your last rights
Closure for some is when they read your obituary in the paper
Closure for some is when they have thrown the last handful of dirt on your casket and everyone walks away
Closure for some is when they have scattered your ashes to the winds & seas
Closure for some is when they have set your tombstone
Closure for some is when they have moved on and get on with their lives without you
~
For those Marines, Sailors & Soldiers that sacrificed and were killed in Beirut, Lebanon
Those that were my Brothers – in – arms, my leaders, my mentors, my comrades, my friends...
I do not seek closure, nor do I want closure for them or me...
I want them, their sacrifices, their honor and their memories forever and always to be remembered and honored...
For they deserve more than closure... they deserve to be honored and remembered for eternity.
Twenty Christmas’s later I am not willing to close on this chapter of my life. Twenty Christmas’s later my lost brothers and their families are not as fortunate as mine. I celebrate this day with my family because of the “Reason for the Season” and this is the correct thing to do. But always in my mind I also celebrate for my brothers that could not be with their families. On this Christmas present I am always visited by the ghosts of Christmas past. After this lease on life is over, I pray that closure may come when I am visited one day by the ghost of future Christmas’s, and not by the ghost of the many Christmas's past. "Merry Christmas my brothers!"
Semper-Fi! "Never Forget" Chuck Hall:marine: