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Unfinished Dream |
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Dreaming is strange, sometimes in kind
It is a walk
gone on without your mind
So just imagine how I felt
if you can
Looking down to find a rifle in my hand
I dreamed I was a soldier in a war torn land
Somehow
I had gotten separated from my band
I was much
younger, no longer old
I was so strong; I was so bold
I walked the trail with no fears
I felt much wiser
than my years
I heard sounds of a firefight up ahead
There was no telling how many were dead
Eyes
straining to see, ears tuned for a sound
Without warning
enemies were all around
I heard someone ahead give an
awful scream
But I just can't pick up the thread of the
dream
The shock of it all was just so great
That
all of a sudden I was wide awake
Somehow I have to go
back to sleep, if I can
I'm needing to know, did I run or
did I stand |
By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2002
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March 16, 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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