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Enemy's Dreams |
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I wonder how the former enemy copes,
now that our war
is done;
does he suffer bouts of melancholy
or dream
of battles lost and won?
Does a bone deep mantle of
depression
settle �round his shoulders like a cape
as
he eases his way through the jungles
of his mind seeking
a way to escape
from the never-ending horror of
memories that will not fade?
Does he, too, think of
friends' bodies
lying riddled in a glade?
And is his
sleep troubled by the
shadowy, stalking shade
of a
foreign soldier who pursues him
down a gloomy jungle path
or waits in ambush to trap him in a
deadly unleashing of
wrath?
Is there a �Wall of Heroes' that can
ease
his mental pain
and slow the recollections that
march
unbidden through his brain?
When the velvet night
comes softly
to cloak the terrain from view,
does he
stir in his sleep uneasily �
is that �demon' in his
dreams actually you? |
By
Thurman P. Woodfork
Copyright 2002
Listed
January 23, 2011 |
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