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timmy's poetry - 62. On Wings - a poem for Remembrance Day 2017
On Wings
Pure white – they stand and wait for me
Until I am safely across the sea
To carry my prayers, winged horses abide
I climb the Mount in feet, bare
I bleed no longer; I do not care.
Long ago I died, though not in vain
Wounds festered, but I felt no pain.
I was proud to be a soldier fair
A child I was here, but not over there.
I ran the gauntlet, until I died,
Machine gun fire; my mother cried.
Near now am I to the top,
My goal is close I dare not stop.
They fill us with hope we who have died
There they wait with wings wide spread;
To bear my soul to the land of the dead.
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Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are based on the authors' lives and experiences and may be changed to protect personal information. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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