A Soldier's Plight, Memorial Day
A Soldier’s Plight
We move alone surrounded in plain sight
Wanderers in the present, future, past
Invisibly we share a soldier’s plight
A pebble in the vision of their night
A shadow just outside the livings grasp
We move alone surrounded in plain sight
Sad echo of the tin-clad fallen knight
Heroes, adrift in life’s unfeeling lapse,
Invisibly we share a soldier’s plight
Our eyes cast down, our scarred hands clenching tight
Warriors, still responding to the task,
We move alone surrounded in plain sight
We share the bond of those condemned to fight
Old battles that still haunt their daytime naps
Invisibly we share a soldier’s plight
Our shadows pass with simple nod of kin
Acknowledging, in loneliness, a friend.
We move alone surrounded in plain sight
Invisibly we share a soldier’s plight.
John G. Lawless
5/26/2014
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2014
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