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Shadows Arrive |
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Carolina moonlight filters thru the pines
Whippoorwills call... it is evening time...
The
coming shadows are lengthening...
Awakening...
memories in his mind...
I see in his eyes... the
pain of the years,
Pain I cannot share... nor bathe
with my tears...
Memories, with no place to run, no
place to hide,
Perhaps with an answer, in peace, he
could abide...
He remembers their smile, the line
of their face...
He knows he'll not see them again...
At least... not in this place...
He remembers their
cries when they fell...
Even though... years ago...
in that place of hell...
Someone, please... tell
him why...
His brothers, his buddies, their blood ran
red...
He can't forget... he won't forget...
In
war... there was no time for good-bye. |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2001
Listed January 9, 2012 |
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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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