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What the Wind Knows |
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A cold wind seeks its lonely path
down the city's
concrete corridors
and like a lover coming home creeping
snuggles up to a man who sinks farther down
against the
alley wall in his ragged vest and shivers
The chilly
evening is still young
but there is not much to stay
awake for
when you are a street bum
The last drop is
gone from the bottle
Now sleep is the only defense he has
against the ever recurring scenes
Memories of combat,
another far away fight for life
Too much, too much, not
far enough down the line
He still hears the screams;
still sees the dying
and the ones begging for death, dear
Lord, dear Lord
VA would take him in, but no, he's not
going through that again
He could go down to the
corner and tell another Vietnam story
If his tale is
interesting enough he can get a swig on their bottle
just
enough to loosen his tongue some more
But lately the
dreams of the things he remembers
are starting to last
longer and are getting stronger
so he just hunkers down
and looses himself in the wind's caress |
By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2002
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March 30, 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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