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Taps Screams Out

The drumroll, too heavy for May
    rumbles on ... abruptly halts
  Cadets at attention rigidly
    silently, duty-bound ... 

  In measured tones, a psalm floats on
    a breeze made limp by heat
  Taps screams out, the flag is lowered
    to its echoes, a box sinks down... 

  Cadets as still as statues still
    'til cadence soft of drums resumes
  Their comrade now interred for aye
    eyelids lowered, red the sky

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Valsa George

Date: 7/17/2023 8:51:00 PM

The way soldiers bid farewell to a comrade is so touching and majestic. You have captured the scene in all its melancholic intensity and solemn gravity.

John Lawless

Date: 7/17/2023 4:36:00 AM

too many folded flags wept upon in the shrieking silence.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/17/2023 8:06:00 PM

Weep no more, for soldiers..

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/17/2023 3:30:00 AM

a psalm floats on a breeze made limp by heat…wow

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/17/2023 8:05:00 PM

Psalms float. That's what I wrote.

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 7/16/2023 11:35:00 PM

This a compelling verse. Unnecessary wars cause hearts to break in so many unnecessary ways. I could picture this scene very vividly. Gershon, an excellent compassionate verse. Take care, Shirley

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/17/2023 8:03:00 PM

Thank you for your support for this one, Shirley.