Veterans / Memorial Day Poem #3, Silent Visit

Veterans / Memorial Day Poem #3, Silent Visit

SILENT VISIT

One man in nocturnal memorial, slipped over so softly among
The long black marble wall, pale face under a cloud of his hair
With black beret on his head, this luminous man
Faded away as the flickering star in this moonless night

Green battle fatigues, he pushed the dark blue casement
Enfolded him in the purple melancholy, dwell beyond the stir
Tumult and crumble of defeated dreams; and deep shadow
Come over his pale eyelids, heavy with unnamable pains

Not natural to be heavy with full misery as man so young
So solitary and stern, being high over the worldly pleasure
Why not set up one peaceful paradise in soul, in deep eyes
What could he have suffered, created the being as he is

Owls began to call,
noise of crickets chattered in the shadows
He slowly kneels in front of the dark marble wall
And with shaking hands
he gentle runs his fingers over the smooth stone
As if saying goodbye to old friends,
tears run silently down his cheek
Of summer trees, he is as a folded plant, opened and spread
Out in tranquility the soft darkness comforted his torments
As he revealed the pure and delicate fragrance of his soul
One solitary man,
a warrior,
alone with his comrades

Written from the heart by Jerre Divelbiss
Retire with 23 year service

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Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com)
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Gardena CA 90247
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Otis Willie PIO The American War Library	Veterans / Memorial Day Poem #3, Silent Visit Veterans / Memorial Day Poem #3, Silent Visit SILENT VISIT One man in nocturnal memorial, slipped over so softly among The long black marble wall, pale face under a cloud of his hair With black beret on his head, this luminous man Faded away as the flickering star in this moonless night Green battle fatigues, he pushed the dark blue casement Enfolded him in the purple melancholy, dwell beyond the stir Tumult and crumble of defeated dreams; and deep shadow Come over his pale eyelids, heavy with unnamable pains Not natural to be heavy with full misery as man so young So solitary and stern, being high over the worldly pleasure Why not set up one peaceful paradise in soul, in deep eyes What could he have suffered, created the being as he is Owls began to call, noise of crickets chattered in the shadows He slowly kneels in front of the dark marble wall And with shaking hands he gentle runs his fingers over the smooth stone As if saying goodbye to old friends, tears run silently down his cheek Of summer trees, he is as a folded plant, opened and spread Out in tranquility the soft darkness comforted his torments As he revealed the pure and delicate fragrance of his soul One solitary man, a warrior, alone with his comrades Written from the heart by Jerre Divelbiss Retire with 23 year service More Poetry http://members.aol.com/warlib/poems.htm Submit a poem http://www.amervets.com/poems/mypoem.htm -- Otis Willie (Ret.) Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com) The American War Library, Est. 1988 (http://www.amervets.com) 16907 Brighton Avenue Gardena CA 90247 1-310-532-0634 Military Webmaster Site Link Request Form: http://www.amervets.com/linkreq.htm Military and Vet Info-Exchange/Discussion Groups http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/share.htm