{"id":76,"date":"2011-12-10T22:07:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T05:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wei-tek.com\/myblog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2011-12-28T12:29:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T19:29:58","slug":"frozen-tear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wei-tek.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"A Frozen Tear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Winter in Kodiak, a time of little light.<br \/>\nThe snow brightens the ground and the stars light up the night.<br \/>\nA cluster of Spruce sag deep, a drift in front of my car.<br \/>\nMy heart ghs heavy. Thoughts of relatives afar.<br \/>\nA blustery wind blows, north then south.<br \/>\nA cold winter thirst, warm java for my mouth.<br \/>\nA homeless man sleeps, all bundled in clothes.<br \/>\nHis heart deep with thoughts of past <!--more-->Christmas woes.<br \/>\nA handshake, a smile, a sip of my coffee.<br \/>\nA friend in waiting, I became to he.<br \/>\nSome food from the shelter, a warm place to rest.<br \/>\nHis life for the moment, felt happy and blessed.<br \/>\nHe told me the stories of days long ago.<br \/>\nMy full attention, he required, to him I happily bestowed.<br \/>\nA veteran of the war, a father of four.<br \/>\nA long distance call seemed to matter no more.<br \/>\nThe blanket of stars and the snow under his feet,<br \/>\nonly brought back memories of a scar so deep.<br \/>\nA story from my life, I understood his loss.<br \/>\nTo spend Christmas without family, there&#8217;s no greater cost.<br \/>\nOne more handshake. A &#8220;man-hug&#8221; goodbye.<br \/>\nHis face looked of worry, wondered if I would be back tonight.<br \/>\nA job in Kodiak sometimes is so rare.<br \/>\nBut I am happy to tell you, where I work is here.<br \/>\nA smile, a thought, the lending of an ear.<br \/>\nA thousand times more helpful than a frozen tear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By William Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000c0; font-size: x-small;\"><br style=\"color: #0000c0; font-size: x-small;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholidayspot.com\">Free Holidays &amp; Feativals Celebration Activities n Greetings!<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: x-small;\"> Celebrate all your holidays with free greetings, poems, wallpapers, crafts,<br \/>\njokes, recipes, history and more, at www.TheHolidaySpot.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter in Kodiak, a time of little light. 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