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Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

0 posted 2014-02-20 04:49 AM

Destined to die a slow death
on a South China Sea beach,
the old ships' beam protruded from the sand.

Tides would tease it with freedom,
lapping the boards with its' salty brine,
only to dash its' hopes as the waters ebbed.

Year after year, its anguish went on
seeking refuge upon the great sea,
yet dying in its desertion.

I returned a few years ago.
Never thought I would.

The old ship was my first thought arriving.
It represented my own struggles in the war.
But it was gone now.

...and I alone to recall it.

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2014-02-20 05:54 AM

'Teaser
This is special. It elegantly underlines the individual struggles our Vetrans face coping with war. Struggles that can continue long after the war is over.

Lori

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2014-02-20 06:17 AM

Thanks for reading Lori. It's a true story for me. The beach was at Chu Lai.

...just bein' Bluesy

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2014-02-21 12:36 PM

Bluesy Chu Lai Vietnam?

My husband was just 17 when he was already on the U.S.S. Houston as a gunner in the battle of Leyte. He and four friends all went down to enlist right after Pearl Harbor, leaving school behind. Not all went into the Navy. He went in as a young boy and came home a Man. He would never talk about it, held it all in. And yet watched every movie about that war. Understanding your feelings. jo

P.S. I only a few years ago found that ship has a group and was able to go and meet so many and listen to their stories.Man who also never talked about it but as old men they shared their stories.

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

4 posted 2014-02-21 01:05 PM

Yes, Chu Lai, Vietnam. I was with a Marine detachment there. I also spent some time on a Navy base at Subic Bay/Cubi Point in the Philippines. Many other ports of call as well over the course of many years.

It's not such a big world, is it?

Thanks!

...just bein' Bluesy

[This message has been edited by Bluesy Socrateaser (02-21-2014 05:53 PM).]

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