Heroes Have Eyes (Another for Abe)

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Open Poetry #35

Heroes Have Eyes (Another for Abe)

Kevo
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since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

0 posted 2005-05-01 12:19 PM

Heroes Have Eyes
For my fallen brothers-in-arms.

Can you not understand this blasphemy
where the ribbon of life is severed clean?

Beyond depths,
lost in the cauldron,
are the hearts of heroes
lost forever.

These men have eyes
that pierce the night,
leering at those
who spit upon their graves.

With furled brow,
and lamenting heart,
they find their home
beyond your comprehension.

You have been found
in contempt of liberty.
The curse of surreal idealism
has befallen you.

Your sense of home,
ruled by the passive hand,
has cloaked you
in the shawl of slavery.

Reap what you sow
in the seeds of submission
while the weight of resolve
squares upon your shoulders.

Shall you harvest submission
for the heroed heart?
No, you shall not offer
your coward’s reward to me.

I find my way
through darkened day,
to the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier.

Well within
my humble soul he resides,
ever glorified
in his resolve to defend.

There shall he watch
his family grieve of his sacrifice
while embracing the night
in which cowards find solace.

Raise your coward’s banner
you submissive few!
Look upon death’s face
and say to him,

“You are not worthy!”
Be sure you are looking in the mirror.

While I look upon
his tearstained face and say,

“My hero lost,
I fear that I am not
worthy of you.”

Thank you for loving me enough.

Copyright, Kevin V. Reese, 2005

EvocativeVerse2
Senior Member

since 2003-09-10

Posts 1279

1 posted 2005-05-01 12:31 PM

Another fine piece here big K. You really have a fine grasp of the English Language. You punch and then double punch the message across 'til the reader is left numb in their want for more. Loved this! Bravo.

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