The last soldier
Old soldier out here walking, a slow unsteady pace,
Years of tragedies and memory's etched deep upon his face.
An old stick his last friend now and with boots upon his feet,
He still can hear the band as it strikes up its beat.
Recanting the friends, as he kneels down and prays,
That he will soon be joining, at the final ends of days.
His wife of fifty years passed away just this last spring,
No children they did have but a life she spent with him.
She to awaits him coming, with her hand upon his lap,
As he lays on their old bed, on his hand she gives a tap.
He feels her in the room, as the mist begins to fall,
She takes him by the hand as they walk unto the wall.
A pathway opens up and a climb up to the cloud,
They look at each other, as their love it screams out loud.
No sadness there is here, but joy they're now together,
And for the rest of eternity, hand in hand they'll be forever...
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Author:
P.H.Rose (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: January 14th, 2017 03:20
- Comment from author about the poem: Just woke up and this Poem was in my head, It's a love story....
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Comments10
Great story that has to be read.
Thank you Michael
Wow amazing and enticing
Thank you
Elsie...
It is a labor of love in your writing P.H. Rose! Very nice tribute to happy and sad memories as well.
Thank you
WBL for those
Beautiful comments
You are welcome!
Absolutely beautiful! -- phoenix
Thanks Phoenix
I love saying that
Not that I'm being
Big headed but you
And my grandson
Share the same name
Aww..that's true love as it should be. A very enjoyable poem to read!
Thank you Chrissy
Awesomely written and expressed
Thank you Tony
For those lovely
Words
Welcome
Brought tears to the eyes of this old soldier who is soon to leave his wife behind. Nicely done.
Thank you
Augustus for
That comment
It brought a tear
To my eye....
You have beautiful
Words in you...
Thank you so
Much
I loved it... I can feel the love throughout the poem. Awesome... It should be published for the world to read.
Thank you so much
RRodriguez for those
Lovely comments..
I have a book with
All my poems in,
It's for my grandchildren
For when they get older.
Great idea... I will do the same.
A beautiful story of love that transcends space and time, great write!
Thank you NAP
Coming from you
That's a real honour
IT HAPPENS PHR ~ I often get a poem in the night and wake up and write it down ! Alas sometimes in the morning I cant read it ~ looks like ARABIC ! You got a great one here thanks for sharing ~ A very very emotive subject delicately handled ~ OK ~ Yours BRIAN
Thank you so much Brian..
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