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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2003-12-24 03:57 PM



I guess it is the season,
That tends to make me blue.
With everybody laughing,
And things a brighter hue.

It's family, friends, and frolic,
And lights in every home...
But I think of our fighting men,
In foxholes all alone.

It takes me back a lifetime,
To a time in uniform-
While I still had illusions,
Before most of you were born.

A time of war protesters,
And the pics of "Commie Jane"...
They tell me we survived it,
But our country's not the same.

Perhaps I am a cynic...
At least that's what I'm told.
Or maybe disillusioned...
Or, maybe, growing old.

But Christmas brings back yesterdays
When memories are made.
I hope that you'll forgive me,
If I rain on your parade.

© Copyright 2003 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
wintertao
Member
since 2003-11-17
Posts 366
Okaloosa Island, FL
1 posted 2003-12-24 04:02 PM


Excellent - I wrote a short, wild kind of piece about a brother who died in Vietnam I would like to share with you sometime. Merry Christmas
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