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Ode to the Past |
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In WWII, we had spam,
Very seldom ham.
Drank water from lister bags,
And, at times, beer from kegs!
Some flew planes
Through winds and rains,
To the place of Rising Sun
But in '45, our work was done!
After the war, truth be known,
We "high tailed" it home,
To forget the past,
From first to last!
Yet some memories
Do not quickly fade,
Like the slow-moving sun
Creating lots of shade.
Would you do it again,
And give your youth,
To establish Freedom
In anchoring Truth?
Time has gone
Swiftly by,
When B-29's
Covered the sky.
But we won
The second World War,
When time changed us
To man from boy!
Haul up the anchor;
Raise the Flag;
Say good-bye to the past,
Creating no drag! |
By
C. Douglas Caffey
Copyright 2002
Listed March
17, 2009Dedicated to the
B29 Crews
of World War II and Korea |
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Author's Bio:
C. Douglas Caffey is a disabled veteran of WWII. He
served (1944-1946) in the 509th Composite Bomb Group,
58th Wing, Air Photo Unit, 20th Air Force, United States
Army Air Force. It was the 509th who dropped the atomic
bombs on Japan and did the atom bomb tests at Bikini in
the Pacific. A chronic sufferer of PTSD since WWII, Doug
is a former college dean. He started writing poetry
several years ago and though he doesn't claim to be a
poet, he does claim to write from the heart. |
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