Okinawa Poems

Okinawa War thoughts

these dark moods
follow me 
as I tour Okinawa

where the last battles 
of world war 11 were fought

thousands died
in the first 
and last outpost
of the American East Asian Empire


Okinawa Beckons me

Okinawa Japan
kept calling to me
in a dream
notifying me 
always in the background
where my memories
always waiting for me 

Beckons me
everywhere I go
cosmic reflections
of past lives
never seen before
seems lost in time 
maybe just the spirits of the dead 
everywhere I see ghosts 


Okinawa Street Scene

Walking the streets
of Fabled Naha Okinawa
a life time dream
someday I would visit

I am surrounded 
by ghosts of the past

and Japanese beauties
all around me

tempting me
with their sweet smiles

Impure thoughts
fill my head
as they smile at me
and I smile at them

No wonder 
so many Soldiers
brought back 
Japanese wives

Japanese Coffee Barista

watching the Japanese
 coffee barista

preparing my snarling cup 
of hot boss coffee 

fills my heart
with erotic joy

how I wanted to express
what was on my mind

right then
to the Japanese 
coffee barista


Ghosts of Okinawa  add to Ghosts Poems - post as separate poems 

Ghosts of Okinawa 

Touring the battlefields 
of Okinawa

where so many young men
gave up their life
so many years ago

I see the ghosts 
all around me
feel their spirits
floating through the air

Kilroy was here
there and everywhere
whoever that was 

and John Dean wannabes
and Elvis wannabes

and so many other wannabes
and I see the ghosts of the fallen heroes
all around me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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