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23-JUL-2005 Kelly Bellis

Casey's Mom

Blue Hill Fair Grounds, Maine






About 200 fair goers crowded under a tent during the Full Circle Fair to listen to Cindy Sheehan, the co-founder and President of Gold Star Families for Peace, talk about her 22-year old son Casey who was killed in action on April 4, 2004 in Sadr City Baghdad, Iraq. Many in the gathered crowd are members of Veterans for Peace and included some Vietnam veterans who presently have sons stationed in Iraq. She concluded her hour-long presentation by reading a poem her daughter had written:


*CARLY'S POEM*

A Nation Rocked to sleep


by Carly Sheehan
Sister of Casey KIA 04/04/04
Sadr City Baghdad


Have you ever heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son?

The torrential rains of a mother's weeping will never be done

They call him a hero, you should be glad that he's one, but

Have you ever heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son?


Have you ever heard the sound of a father holding back his cries?

He must be brave because his boy died for another man's lies

The only grief he allows himself are long, deep sighs

Have you ever heard the sound of a father holding back his cries?


Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother's grave?

They say that he died so that the flag will continue to wave

But I believe he died because they had oil to save

Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother's grave?


Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep?

The leaders want to keep you numb so the pain won't be so deep

But if we the people let them continue another mother will weep

Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep?



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Canon DSLR Challenge06-Aug-2005 03:47
Moving poem! Thanks for sharing. |  Olaf.dk