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| Sgt. Justin Johnson, Sr. of Hobe Sound, Florida, died Tuesday during an attack at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. |
a fallen hero. More than one, of course,
and though we often don't remember,
there are mothers grieving under all the
flags involved, tears streaming down
so many cheeks of different colors,
all united in the prayer, the hope,
the anguished cry that loss of precious
children living ever in their hearts
will be the last. Last one to fall in
battle, last casualty of war -- they'd
take that, gladly, if it meant that
other mothers would be spared this pain.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013
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