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Lament on the Wind |
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Bitter knowledge
gleaned from the wind,
blown as smoke from ancient fires,
fumes as those
from a funeral pyre.
Their battle cries echoing
lost on high;
Truth whispering; clinging like a sigh.
Some promises are broken again.
War and not
peace, will be the gain.
As the mighty Eagle doth
gear for war,
mother's hearts pray, "No more... no
more!"
Heard beyond the wind's wail, high and
away,
is the mighty music of the mothers who pray. |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
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October 4, 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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