Mike Dailey Poet Rhyme

Arlington Tombstone

Arlington Tombstone

The dash in the middle, the length of a life
No mention of children, no mention of wife
No mention of war, no mention of peace
Just the day that life started, the day that it ceased
The symbols and words etched there on the stone
Are all that we have maybe all that is known
Medals awarded, a cluster or two
No explanation of what did he do
Was he a hero, did his luck just run out
Did he die all alone or with buddies about



 The name on the tombstone, a man in my life
My sisters his children, my mother his wife

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James Horn August 21, 2017 at 5:34 AM To the point is true a life cut short; Left those behind he once did support; Now the only thing that would survive Memory after we had taken a drive. At Arlington a tombstone does exist Of someone who we sorely missed; Now in heaven where life is better While I will read his very last letter. Shaky were his hands I could tell When he wrote and said all is well And then early during next dawn; Love of my life away was gone.