A SILENCE FALLS

Written for Stormy Lady's Show Me Your Poetry and Win Contest!

A SILENCE FALLS

Through the passages of time,
Going back to the days of yesteryear;
Through the silence, as in a dream,
Comes the memories, sharp and clear.

You stand in stony silence
As you stand before his grave;
As in yesteryear, another soldier
For his country his life gave.

Passages of time repeated,
Another war, for freedom's sake;
A silence falls, another soldier
And another heart will break.

Countrymom
3/21/03