"D" is for......

Duty is described as doing what is necessary

to keep things you hold dear alive

I believe it is everybody's duty

to make sure to help their beliefs survive

Duty is not a word I use frivolously

 or ever take too lightly

if it means I stand watch over loved ones

 then I'll proudly do it nightly

Like chocolate and peanut butter

Duty and honor go hand and hand

If this country needed me again

I'd be there at the presidents command

I'm a proud American son

of an American military family

and if anybody was in trouble

they can always count on me

I stand side by side with others because

Duty for me comes naturally

I believe our beliefs will survive

because of others who are just like me.

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"C" is for....

This world is in dire need of Courtesy

for rudeness and lack of manners is lately all I see

What happened to the days of respect and peace

replaced by talking back that will never cease

I was raised to show everyone common Courtesy

open doors for others with no need to ever thank me

It was just what one did for their fellow man

and never even thought of disrespecting a woman

They are to be cherished as the givers of life

not to be put through trouble and strife

A simple thank you or please goes a country mile

to make someones day and give them a smile

A smile that becomes instantly infectious

and makes the day better for the rest of us

this country is in dire need of simple Courtesy

so I thank you all for reading about what I see

The fact you read what my simple self writes makes my day

and I THANK YOU ALL IN EACH AND EVERY WAY!

thank you- Terry

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"B" is for....

                                                        Beautiful like a warm spring day

Beautiful in each and every way

Beautiful like a summer's blue moon

Beautiful enough to make my heart swoon

Beautiful like a winter's fresh fallen snow

Beautiful in every way this heart knows

Beautiful both inside and out

Beautiful that makes my soul shout

Beautiful inside your generous heart

Beautiful enough to tear my world apart

Beautiful even if you don't believe

Beautiful, trust me it's all I see

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"A" is for....

As we began Again we stand at the Apex of something new

Another round of the Alphabet to rhyme my way through

I like to the think of the challenge and that I'm up for it

to bring All new poems with clever wordplay and wit

I guess we will All just have to wait and see

if my mind has enough verses inside of me

to get through them All from A to z

without repeating anything

so here's to us one and All

to succeed and not fall.

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Warrior's Cry- TCK 10/11

Have you ever heard a warrior cry?

I did the the other day

when my father called to say

that my grandma may soon pass away.

It wasn't a full blown tear

or even a hitch or sob

but enough of a pause

to do it's intended job.

The toughest man I've ever known

had finally let his emotion shown

and made his warrior son a little more grown

as I found the need to grieve on my own

I know she is in a better place

and smiling into her true loves face

but still I wish she had more time down here

to be loved by those of us who held her dear

I now know that warriors cry

because I cried until my eyes were dry

It's ok to let emotions show

and I know she's forever in her savior's glow

So as we move on here down below

we will all remember and all will know

that when you hear a warrior cry

they're secure in their emotions and that is why

This poem is dedicated to my father, the toughest warrior I've ever known and my grandma (my she rest in peace) for making him the great man I know and love.