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steavenr
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0 posted 2007-03-05 12:56 PM



This poem is dedicated to my good friend Harry—survivor, gentleman, soldier (Harry was stationed at Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor)  His tour of duty ended on December 06, 1941, a Saturday.  While waiting for a plane to the mainland to begin his new life as a civilian, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and the rest is history…

mustered out on december sixth
waiting for a mainland plane
girl at home waiting alone
for the boy becoming a man

sunday morn was quite disturbed
by zeroes flight in homeland calm
rapiers of the rising sun
bared their swords, emptied sheaths

and hickam dissolved into the scrap yard
of a nation’s hopes and dreams
while flyers watched as flying machines
were strewn upon the ground

chaos filled the air, the sea, the land
as manhood strapped his skinny chest
with armor from within
and courage welled like sea crest waves

for the boy becoming a man…

© Copyright 2007 Steaven R Snow - All Rights Reserved
passing shadows
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1 posted 2007-03-05 07:29 AM


very touching write here


ThisDiamond
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2 posted 2007-03-05 07:37 AM


Tell tale is the heart, Steaven.
Great pride and respect ring out in your dedication.  

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