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The Knock |
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The children are playing, subdued today,
preschoolers
being good in their own way
The dishes are done and lunch
is now on
She keeps very busy to forget he is gone
Glances at the television, silent in the corner
Should
she turn it on... no wait awhile longer
The soup is
done and the table is already set
an extra bowel is
there... again, did she forget
No, it's just
comforting to see it sitting there
Daddy's bowl is just
salve for their undying care
Her children scramble to the
table, angels unaware
Billy, with his Daddy's curly hair,
and his �little man' air
Annie has his eyes of blue,
Daddy's little girl for true
And Jimmy, with his Daddy's
lop-sided grin...
With lots of gusto and giggling,
lunch does begin...
Safe and secure, here at home, so
far from the war
Daddy's place is empty because of a
patriotic chore
She rises slowly to answer a knock at the
door
Out the window she looks, and her eyes begin to
tear,
... uniformed men are standing there
Her
thousand year journey, her faltering steps,
... across
the floor, Dear Lord, forgive,
she knows that until she
answers the Knock,
... for her, he still does live |
By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
Listed
February 17, 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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