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Sleepless Angel |
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Night is coming, so many hours �til dawn
The
darktime is ruled by restlessness
Its unruly reared
head will not bow
Praying, God, some rest, and now,
with the closing of my eyes, at last,
... dismissing
the scenes of the day
Slumber now, for I have
done my best
Pray for dreamless sleep, much needed
rest
Who knows what will come the �morrow,
to
blend my happiness with my sorrow,
a semblance of
life, to temper the dying,
... testing the silence
with its screams
Awake not, sleep on, these many
years past
�Tis only a remembered nightmare opera,
heard only by me, alone, in my mind,
a memory
imprinted as on an old record
and always playing
nightly, for me alone,
... the young voices still
calling...
... CORPSMAN UP! |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
Listed December 23, 2011 |
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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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