Stepping Stones
"Stepping Stones "
From the mind of a veteran
many demons flow... Not mine specifically. I only flirt with dark places. Like poltergeist and Carol Anne, I don't watch television after 2 a.m. I still remember when the American Flag came on letting us know "This station will discontinue." I fear sitting in the dark with a snowy TV. Two females in a tub full of jelly is not my idea of fun, so I flirt with the scary things veterans have seen but I don't actually pay admission. I'm giving you a bootleg version, never my own.
"Stepping Stones"
A current moving
at river like pace
That's not to say
it's a stream,
but mississippian
by comparison
A firm warning
not to slip in
Coast up stream
like Huck Finn
Each step is treacherous
a floating turtle shell
quite the deception
Some fall for others
to learn a lesson.
Which step to take?
Why do some make it to shore
and others...not so sure.
If I make it, how blessed am I?
I keep looking back
for my brothers who aren't coming
It's about perspective really
On one hand, I'm living in hell
constantly looking back
The other,
My brothers went to war, died, but didn't remain there while I go back every day
oftentimes
in an alcohol induced state of mind.
Their sacrifice should be a call for living but when I answer the phone & say
"Hello, who's this?"
haunting are my images
why doesn't the world follow
Ghandi's blueprint?
Once upon a time, I knew
some men with teenage mentality
They wanted to experience war.
Now they're grown
fighting what can't be undone
That's war’s ugly truth
Isn't it?
Some make it home
still focused on a rising river
that isn't rising.
Looking for a flag
that says
it's safe to turn off
the haunting
The mind of veteran, demons do not go, they're too afraid to witness the things that can't be unseen. Angels always welcome.
Stepping Stones!
Copyright © Ts Lewis | Year Posted 2015
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