Vast Fields of Crosses, All the Same

 

A poem for Veteran’s Day from the point of view of a parent visiting their child’s grave:

 

Vast fields of crosses, all the same,
Each embellished with a name.
This is what your love has wrought!
Embrace the child become a thought,
Reduced to regimented loss,
A name screwed on a plain, white cross!
Nor can you feel what you must feel
Since what is real cannot be real.
Devour the moment, make it yours,
As life continues on all fours,
Yearning, begging at closed doors.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Falling Rain. By Myuu. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI.

 

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