Monday, October 08, 2012

they left peace behind


they left this country
they left peace behind
in going to war
to distant lands

our prayers yet with them
going as they were called
on guard out in the world
protecting what we hold dear



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October 8, 2012
inspired by readings at Poets’ Corner
monthly poetry reading,
at the Suncook Senior Center
October 1, 2012


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