Beckoned by open rolling plains,
and undiscovered roads not yet traveled.
He walked away memories and pains,
of a life that had become unraveled.
His scuffed, worn boots carried him,
away from the dreams that haunted.
The dusty road, a panacea from the din,
of what he hoped for and wanted.
Memories of an insane war's horror,
emotions crippled and mind ablaze,
Visions still embedded with sorrow.
He walked toward better days.
Bone weary by night's darkened skies,
with a dim blanket of stars above.
The night sounds now his lullaby ,
and soft earth, his mother love.
Under a spreading oak he took shelter
exhausted, he drifted off too sleep.
The nightmares began, helter skelter
No nocturnal peace would he reap.
Scars left over from fighting long past,
that always kept him wandering.
Invisible bleeding from wounds cast,
drifting, insignificant, time squandering.
Whoever proclaimed the glory,
of fighting a war with no end.
The reminders, blood red and gory,
embedded in the souls of men.
).setAttribute('href','//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=dcdrifter&item=home');document['poetimage'].height='45';document['poetimage'].src='//poetrypoem.com/photos/poets/dcdrifter-button.jpg';;WriteLayer('ptitle',null,'Life Before The Tech Age');WriteLayer('ppoem',null,'an observation of a world too dependent on high tech... Life Before The Tech<a href="//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1350197&displaypoem=t&sitename=dcdrifter&item=poetry" target="_top" style="text-decoration:none;"><font style="color: #18397C;font: 900 12px times;"> ... More</font></a>');WriteLayer('poetinfocus',null,'dcdrifter');WriteLayer('pdate',null,'2024-04-25')){kind=small}
dcdrifter
).setAttribute('href','//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=smallsteps&item=home');document['poetimage'].height='45';document['poetimage'].src='//poetrypoem.com/photos/poets/smallsteps-button.jpg';;WriteLayer('ptitle',null,'Final Words');WriteLayer('ppoem',null,'Recorded final words spoken Can be A hit and miss affair But so Easy to recon<a href="//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1350195&displaypoem=t&sitename=smallsteps&item=poetry" target="_top" style="text-decoration:none;"><font style="color: #18397C;font: 900 12px times;"> ... More</font></a>');WriteLayer('poetinfocus',null,'smallsteps');WriteLayer('pdate',null,'2024-04-25')){kind=small}
smallsteps).setAttribute('href','//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=dreamweaver&item=home');document['poetimage'].height='45';document['poetimage'].src='//poetrypoem.com/photos/poets/dreamweaver-button.jpg';;WriteLayer('ptitle',null,'TONIGHT');WriteLayer('ppoem',null,'Please, visit the site for the poem. The text on the Picture is not visible h<a href="//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1350226&displaypoem=t&sitename=dreamweaver&item=poetry" target="_top" style="text-decoration:none;"><font style="color: #18397C;font: 900 12px times;"> ... More</font></a>');WriteLayer('poetinfocus',null,'dreamweaver');WriteLayer('pdate',null,'2024-04-27')){kind=small}
dreamweaver).setAttribute('href','//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=kuopenyung&item=home');document['poetimage'].height='45';document['poetimage'].src='//poetrypoem.com/photos/poets/kuopenyung-button.jpg';;WriteLayer('ptitle',null,'Stupidity and Calamity');WriteLayer('ppoem',null,'Stupidity and Calamity Madness can be contagious. Badness can be hardly reco<a href="//poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1282852&displaypoem=t&sitename=kuopenyung&item=poetry" target="_top" style="text-decoration:none;"><font style="color: #18397C;font: 900 12px times;"> ... More</font></a>');WriteLayer('poetinfocus',null,'kuopenyung');WriteLayer('pdate',null,'2018-09-18')){kind=small}
kuopenyung
PoetryPoem.com 