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Abe
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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2004-05-31 07:29 PM



TIME TO GO

I could see the flash of cannon
Over the ridge of the hill
Could hear the shots over my head
As I lay deathly still.


I looked up at the twinkling stars
Through the haze of the gunsmoke
And I could hear my comrades
Whispering as they spoke.


There was a quaking in their voice
That betrayed their mortal fear
And as I gazed into the sky
I asked, "What am I doing here?"


I thought of all those buddies
Killed on this foreign shore
And of loved ones back home
And then, I knew, "What for!"


To fight for God and Country
Is a calling, most will heed
To keep freedom safe from those
Who would plant an evil seed.


I lay there in my foxhole
Gripped by the numbing cold
But then, felt a warmth, from inside
Like I was held in the "fold".


I felt my best friend touch me
And couldn't believe he said,
"No need to call the corpsman,
'Cause he's already dead!"


And then my head felt light
As I looked down below,
Whispered, "I'll see ya', Bros
Because it's time for me to go!"


Del "Abe" Jones

© Copyright 2004 Del - All Rights Reserved
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Gaia
1 posted 2004-06-01 01:49 AM


wars suck
your poem does not..it reads with gentle honesty
thank you

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displaced
2 posted 2004-06-01 02:11 AM


you always touch the heart
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