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Of Flannel and Battle Flags country as flag
He wore a flannel shirt
in the Carolinas` heat
... the man near
where I took my seat

His eyes...
they held a faraway look
though I saw his gaze
touching upon my notebook

I continued to write
I knew he was a vet
They all have a look
that you cannot forget

Of which war
I could not tell
His age was a mystery...
I knew he had been through Hell

He was restless and wary...
wanting to bolt for the door
as if he could escape
his memories of war

He asked what I wrote
and I told him I mused
all about battles now gone
He stayed my hand from writing on

Saying to write instead for him
because he so needed
to share some words of his
and I quickly heeded

Quote... �The worst part of war
you can write and truly say
... the very worst part
is that it never goes away...

The battles are never done
... some still fight
and will...
till the last setting sun...'

He wore a flannel shirt...
shivering in the heat
of the South Carolina day...
living proof of the price

... that he still had to pay

By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2006
Listed November 18, 2011

  

About Author... Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.

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