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He Turned Into a Monument
With sad eyes I gaze down upon my comrades. I see them everywhere. A hospital bed plays host to a friend in a coma, or worse awake, but immobile. Fixed to the bed like a monolith encased in its foundations. Still. Maybe they lie in the soil. Grave after grave. Line...
Four Ten Thousandths of One Percent
I don’t want you to remember me every day of the year I don’t intend that your life is impacted I don’t hope you spend more time thinking of me then your loved ones I don’t crave a reminder on every street Please enjoy your freedom Discover new passions Laugh at...
Two Minutes
The time it took me to bleed to death at Vimy. How long I had to hold my comrade while he died on Juno. The time for my compartment to fill with water as we sank in the Atlantic. How long my plane could glide before impact over Korea. Amputation time for my leg in...
Spring
A poem of spring we were asked to write But when I tried I became wound up tight. Does it mean green shoots on trees gently rippling on the breeze As I wonder , struggle and toil The mysteries of the helicoil does it mean some curly steel Round and round just like a...
Shaped in Silence
Tho lips are sealed, my quill expresses doubt In stating facts without consent from me Thoughts unintended vie to have their shout A case of not to be (and then to be) Tis truth they say, that cannot be denied Which spills upon the parchment come what may If then...
LLAP (Mr Spock)
As fascinating as my time has been My thirst for knowledge cannot be denied I journey on to what still lies unseen Perchance a place where logic is applied Infinity now beckons from afar Whilst I wish prosper and long life to all By ‘beaming up’ I search out yonder...