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I remember something a man said
a number of years ago. He knew full well what he
spoke of. He seen it in his life time many times
over. It came true for him also, more then once in
his family. Life is unfair.
There is always inequality in
life
Some men are killed in war,
and some are wounded.
Some men never leave the country,
and some men are stationed in the Antarctic,
while others are stationed in San Francisco.
Its very hard in the military or in personal life to
assure Complete Equality.
Life Is Unfair.
John.F.Kennedy
I thinke knew a bit what he
talked about. You see he lost his older brother in
the Europe part of World War Two. Lost a brother in
law also. He could have been killed in the Pacific.
He and his crew of PT 109 was lost for a few days. He
knew war first hand.
I was thinking about many
others. I know people that knew war first hand. I was
thinking of one today. She was a young lady many
years ago. She has a day to remember each year. The
day so many year ago, the knock on the door. The
telegram from the War Department. "We are sorry to
inform you............." The words many know by
heart. At the time it was oh no, there must be some
mistake. The hopes, the dreams are all gone.
It has been ever so many tears
each year on that date. The broken dreams that even
today haunt her days and nights. The feeling of a
loss that can never be replaced, no matter who comes
into her life. It is like no other loss one can have.
All the plans made under the starry sky is gone. Gone
like the wind, never to return.
Each year rolls by, and on that
date she remembers. She was young then, just a girl
one might say. She is older now, but that one day she
relives for a bit. Some says a person will get over
it. Not True Love. If she didn't have True Love, yes
the memories will fade, and she will go on. Time is
said to heal wounds. I don't think it does for True
Love. That is she goes on, but each year, on that date
she thinks, and remember she was robbed.
I will not put her name here. I
don't think she would care for that. You may know a
lady that fits this story, up or down the street in
your town. This has happened every so many times in
history. A wife, a mother, a family is with out a
loved one. It is a shame, but then Life is so unfair.
About 100 years before J.F.K.
There was President Abraham Lincoln, he wrote a letter
to a mother who had lost five sons in the war.. He
said in the letter he could not find the words to put
on paper. It was short as most of Lincolns remarks
were. Few words said it all, there is no need of a
long winded speech. Much like what President John
F.Kennedy said. Life is Unfair.
A day to remember, may be the
wrong thing to say. One would like not to have it to
remember, I am very sure of that. We all have days we
wish had never came about. These days do come about.
Sooner or later someone will bring each and every one
of us news we could do without. It is just a fact of
life. Life is unfair.
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Bob,, today 6 Jan 1944 this man
was killed in action Burma.
?© 2005 by Bill Walker |
