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All In War - The Telegram

This soul is locked forever wounded
In the torment of this particular day;
The question "why" has not been graced
With answers understandable.
And my tears,
Along with the questions
Have no voice...
No peace..
No choice...

So always, and sometimes, hope in wonderment
The spirit of my courage
And his duty
Is more or less of finer things...
But, after all the wishes,
I am just a Windflower
White and fragile,
And stubbornly alive
On a sharp rocked shore
Next to an undulating
Black marble monument...
Standing for the lost and the fallen.

Waiting in a tremble of despair
For my own Hero of certain reality,
Who understands Windflowers
And the need for 
A sheltering embrace
In this particular life,
On this particular day
On a golden afternoon
Before a knock on the door
Locks my soul
Forever wounded....
On this particular day...

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  1. Date: 12/18/2012 5:27:00 AM

    I don't know ...whether to cry first...then tell you how much I enjoyed reading this brilliant write...I was really moved...thank you.

    landon-lane Avatar elizabeth landon-lane Date: 12/19/2012 1:06:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Weren't we all so terribly wounded in the time of our "Rich Man's War"...I have carried such anger and hatred in my heart for so long it has become part of my life's experience. But we survived, didn't we...and hopefully, teach others how to se the rot of these wars now..Thank you Frank, for your insight and your understanding of a time that is so hard to understand. Elizabeth