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Today, I put my friend in the ground.
I attended the service. I couldent stand to see his mother cry. I sat, i listened, everyone was sad. It washed over me in waves, like a dream. Like i was going to wake up, and it would all be over, as if someone was playing some cruel joke on us all. Sadly, that was not to be.
I picked his casked up with 5 others, we took him to the cemetery in a slow line. Placed his body over the open hole. The buegler played the longest tapps ive ever heard. The honor guard folded the flag, and gave it to his mother. She plucked a single rose from stem of flowers, kissed it, and placed it over her sons casket. I placed my flower. His father hugged his wife. He looked up at me, like a dog beaten so badly he didnt know what to do. I dont know what to do. He is utterly a broken man.
We are all broken now.
I attended the service. I couldent stand to see his mother cry. I sat, i listened, everyone was sad. It washed over me in waves, like a dream. Like i was going to wake up, and it would all be over, as if someone was playing some cruel joke on us all. Sadly, that was not to be.
I picked his casked up with 5 others, we took him to the cemetery in a slow line. Placed his body over the open hole. The buegler played the longest tapps ive ever heard. The honor guard folded the flag, and gave it to his mother. She plucked a single rose from stem of flowers, kissed it, and placed it over her sons casket. I placed my flower. His father hugged his wife. He looked up at me, like a dog beaten so badly he didnt know what to do. I dont know what to do. He is utterly a broken man.
We are all broken now.