David Walker Poet Rhyme

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A Soldiers Soldier

Soldiers Soldier
David J Walker

That Facebook picture I posted is a 
Perfecting likeness 
of the way I remember you

A soldiers-soldier
1st Sgt  …  Top
The N C O I C for all occasions

Checking beds &
	Checks heads
Checking to make sure we were
Present in the present 

And dressed as the best 
dress right dress soldiers 
The early morning leader of 
A three-mile run before chow 

There needs to be a panel on the Wall
For soldiers like you who survived it all
In the Nam only to die 
of the invisible wounds
Later
When they buried you 
I could not be there
But still took my place 
on a handle of your casket 
and saluted as they played taps 
unable to hide my tears 

We have since sat together 
		Sharing many beers in a bar
You quietly listening as I talk about
		Old times – Our times 
Sometimes
 people stare a stop and stare
At the old man mumbling 
A chortle alone 
Sometimes humming an ancient
Rock n roll song

That Facebook picture haunts my phone

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