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I Remember Him Well
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Yes, I remember him well
As if it were yesterday;
He played guitar
as we sailed for Frisco Bay.
The war was over and
On a hospital ship
We were headed for home;
Our last major trip.
And on the deck
A wounded Airman stood,
Playing a classical guitar
The best that he could.
'Round him gathered
Men in medical gear;
Crowding near him
So they could hear.
He made that Guitar
Talk about the war,
Of Island battles won
And Stateside we were for.
I can see him there today
And hear the music say;
We're going from the war
Back to our homes to stay.
Some of us had never heard
A Classical guitar
In the hands of an expert
Who had sailed this far.
And never since that day,
In the deep Pacific Sea,
Have I felt the music
To be such a part of me!
I have often wondered
the whereabouts of Jonny D,
Who played such sweet music
While on the Pacific Sea. |
By
C. Douglas Caffey
Copyright 2007
Listed March
13, 2009 |
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Author's Bio:
C. Douglas Caffey is a disabled veteran of WWII. He
served (1944-1946) in the 509th Composite Bomb Group,
58th Wing, Air Photo Unit, 20th Air Force, United States
Army Air Force. It was the 509th who dropped the atomic
bombs on Japan and did the atom bomb tests at Bikini in
the Pacific. A chronic sufferer of PTSD since WWII, Doug
is a former college dean. He started writing poetry
several years ago and though he doesn't claim to be a
poet, he does claim to write from the heart. |
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