https://www.theodysseyonline.com/tired-college-student I didn’t know I missed you. I didn’t know I cared. I didn’t know I loved you, Until you weren’t there. I didn’t know your value, Until you ran away. I didn’t know I loved you, Until you wouldn’t stay. I didn’t know I hurt you, Until I saw you cry. I didn’t know I broke you, Until I watched you die.
I left my thoughts within these pages I left my mind in every word While this dear book of mind sees ages My wisdom will be heard A child’s young naivety A teen’s blossoming aspirations A new mother’s divine ability To raise the generations The years I opened, days I closed Brought me nearer to my dreams At last, so old and-- all alone I look back upon these things Coffee spilled-- page fifty-five On seven-- baby ripped the side A hundred-twenty stayed alive But the next one said goodbye Faded paper, dying words The unspoken story’s mine Every word remembered The ones between the lines But the words that were in print Were never read again The last page slowed down with my heart And the last words were: the end
Dear Mother I’m writing from this deep dark trench The rain is falling and I’m drenched Please excuse the paper, ‘cause I cannot keep it dry for long My buddies hold each other tight Whispering loved ones at home goodnight But I sit here all alone Dreaming of coming Coming home My belly aches for Johnny Cakes My head needs that warm straw bed Maybe I will see you soon I love you to the stars and moon Your Son, Ed. Dear Mother You know that I am just a boy I should be home, not in this noise You know that I am soft inside But this war that I so great despise Has toughened me a lot Oh, what has become of me? What has this Great War done to me? I hope I can escape such dread Maybe I will see you soon I love you to the stars and moon Your Son, Ed Dear Mother This is at last my last goodbye I was off to war, now I’m off to night Wounded in an army camp Nothing in life to hold on to “Not gonna make it,” The doctor sai...
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