Tears deluge down from the firmament, certainly
not from the Heavenly courts of praise…for those that
have sacrificed their lives have valorously earned their
celebratory place in Paradise and no longer suffer here…
But sprinkle down and mingle instead with the memories,
in the misted eyes, and the wounded hearts and mind,
of those who are yet mourning…and have been left behind…
The saddest thoughts of kith or kin,
are these four words,
It might have been…
M.A. O’Brien