Empty shells

[Thomas Winslow]

The little old rusty  trailer has a brand new pale green compact car size AC unit  furiously working in the Carolina heat to keep.... no one cool within its empty shell.

One of several guns fire in volley ejecting brass with load spent, mere empty shells.

A small triangular wooden box waits unfilled at home, just a empty shell. 

A sky blue box is sheltered by cloth from the Southern sun within lies my fathers body,soul fled, an empty shell.

After taps I return home with the burden of flag and brass earned by my father to fill that triangular box and pass his empty old rusty trailer.

For a moment as tears fall I reflect that I like my fathers vacant lonesome home, am just an empty shell.

( my father passed away last monday and was buried this friday please say a prayer for the soul of TSGT USAF (ret) George D winslow JR

[Gita]

I like the  image of an AC unit the size of a compact car. And the way that everything from sentence one to the end is about the boxes we live in and die in.  It's really true, isn't it?

[Angela]

I am very sorry for your loss.  Your words are powerful and beautiful.

[Kristine_ES]

oh no.  i'm sorry.  we flag in the breeze like an empty shall, but we cannot break. we have things to do. 

i know that pain, i'm on it right there with you and i'm so sorry.  but we can morse code that empty shell and make a noise (like you do) to make some kind of light out of awful.  please accept my condolences.   :Hugs: 

[Stephen Torelli]

Sorry for your loss, Thomas. And stay tough and proud.

[Kay Sera]

you are not an empty shell. allow yourself to be filled with love from your friends and family. embrace this community too. we will support you. 

I pray that you can feel at peace, even in sorrow. I pray that you can be strong, even in grief. I pray that you can feel love, even in death. 

[Teresa]

I'm so sorry.  Hug your sons a little tighter and be proud of this piece.  Big hugs from Texas.  Keep writing. 

[Robert Crisman]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[bolton carley]

my deepest sympathies.  prayer said.  and thoughts for you on this day.  but know there's not an empty shell, not with these words.  just give it time.

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

So sorry for your loss.  This day must be painful for you.