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Open Poetry #42

GHOSTS OF BULL RUN

Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2008-02-28 12:28 PM

GHOSTS OF BULL RUN

I'd heard about "Bull Run"
Maybe, back in school
But, spending some time there
Was, a special learning tool.

I could feel the Souls
There was something in the air
The life and death of struggle
Is some, sensation, there.

An aura of the ghosts
All around Manassas
A feel of all those beings
Of those warring classes.

Another tragic wartime
With brother fighting brother
As each cry with dying breath
"Oh, Mother, dear Mother!"

You can almost hear the cannons
With their booming sounds
And the whirring of the slugs
From all those killing rounds.

Hiding 'hind a rock
Or, under a sloping hill
Hoping, not, to get shot
Or aiming for the kill.

It seems so peaceful now
But, some Souls not at rest
Are waiting in the shadows
To, pass the final test.

History lessons never teach
All of the things, they could
And wars don't make the pain
Felt/hurt like it should.

Bull Run / Manassas Battlefield, VA

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity.

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

1 posted 2008-02-28 02:55 PM

Very good, insightful write....too bad that war IS necessary and in many cases can't be avoided.

[This message has been edited by Toerag (02-28-2008 06:09 PM).]

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-02-28 03:09 PM

Abe,

Not too bad. The only part I had trouble with was the last strophe. I couldn't quite get the grasp of it.

Bobby

Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

3 posted 2008-02-28 06:30 PM

Bobby,
That too many people just go on with their lives and don't really care as long as there is no loss, hurt, pain, to them.

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity.

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2008-03-01 11:02 PM

Like this lots, Del.

A

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