STANDING AT ATTENTION

I stand at attention …

Saluting “the colors” as they pass by, draped over polished coffins.

Honoring brave souls, who sacrificed their own lives.

Wondering who will miss them … mothers, fathers, spouses, children?

Crying tears of pain, for those we have lost.

Thinking how blessed I am, to still be “standing at attention”.

Accepting the reality, that someday I may be carried in a polished coffin.

As others stand at attention …

As others salute “the colors” …

As others honor my scared soul …

As others wonder who will miss me …

As others cry tears of pain for me …

As others think how blessed they are …

As others accept … the ongoing circle of a peacekeeper’s life.















Nina Herron