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Red Dress at Midnight |
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At the tolling of midnight
Gazing out on bright
moonlight
I beheld a strange sight
There was a
woman in a dress of red clasped tight
In the arms of
a uniformed soldier this night
As I watched they
turned and walked away
I saw them for the moonlight
was as bright as day
They stopped by the cemetery
pathway
"Good-bye, my darling, I'll have to stay"
"No matter, I'll always love you," I heard them say
All of a sudden she was alone on the street
Who was
this strange soldier she had come out to meet
Why at
midnight did he she greet
Why did they have to be so
discreet
Days later by a friend I was told this story
When I saw her laying flowers in the cemetery
She's
the town's crazy lady they all say
Been that way
since she lost her fianc�e
At night wearing a dress
of red
Because it was his favorite, she said
Every
night claiming to her he does come
Impossible because
he was killed in Vietnam |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2002
Listed December 17, 2011 |
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About
Author...
Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.
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