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First time I've returned
The small farming town
I
graduated from
It's changed
As have I
A
suburb now
Commuters hurry about
Horns blast
It's changed
As have I
Aided by my cane
Knee
braces concealed
I enter the old gym
It's changed
As have I
The old record board
My name's gone
Pop's 56 yard field goal there
It's changed
As
have I
There's the geek
How'd he marry that beauty
He made it big in the �80s
He's changed
As have I
I once ruled this school
The streetwise warrior
From the big city
That's changed
As have I
The homecoming queen
Far above me back then
Stops to
say high
She's changed
As have I
Back then
we all wanted to leave
See the world, experience life:
I went the farthest, saw the most
We've changed
As
have I
The football jock
Went to college nearby
Came back to coach
He's changed
As have I
The girl I had a crush on
Never had the nerve to approach
Entered glowing like back then
She hasn't changed
As have I
She walked over, the walk of a mother
"You of all of us, did what you said"
"Thank you"
She's changed
As have I
The reprinted yearbook
said
She was going to Hollywood
I was going in the
Army protect the free
She's changed
Have I?
In my heart, if I could
I'd still be doing my part;
Defending the free. |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2006
Listed
July 19, 2012 |
"At What Cost" is
the
sequel to this poem. |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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