To Our Loved One Far Away

September 14, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is terrorism in memory of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Today’s poem is a love poem to a soldier fighting terrorism far away.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

To our loved one far away,

Whose strength and years this war devours,

Whose sacrifice is also ours,

For whose return we daily pray:

Rest assured your home awaits,

Your cheering squad, your loyal fans,

The mouseketeers who share your plans,

Your dreams, your tears, your gifts, your fate.

We are the circle of your love,

The wagons 'round your willing heart

That keep despair and faith apart

And move in spirit where you move.

There is no limit to our pride

In who you are and what you do.

All our fortunes rest with you

Across a desert bleak and wide.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/toourl.html. For more poems about terrorism and 911, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/terrorism911poems.html .

This week’s theme: Terrorism

September 11: So Did You Die of History

September 12: Soldiers Kill, for That Is Their Profession

September 13: There Is No Armor We Can Wear

September 14: To Our Loved One Far Away