Veterans of Compassion

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Veterans of Compassion

Here I stand, pride swallowed, trying to get a dime,

A veteran, an old man-o-war knocking on this man’s door,

I need a token to get me where I’m going,

Isn’t there someone around, someone in the knowing,

I’m down on my luck cause life’s as hard as a rock,

A token for some service?

Say no more brother soldier, you’re down and  now times broke,

Here are two tokens, for the words you’ve spoken for poverty is no joke,

And as I watched him walk away, my heart tore apart and broke,

For the soldier-man had swallowed his pride,

Before ever a word he spoke.

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mamasan commented on Veterans of Compassion

11-11-2009

This read is very appropriate to this day we commemorate to veterans fighting overseas and commemorating the lives lost in days of yore. I am sure veterans share a special place in heaven.

Starhawk

11/11/2009

Indeed!

FranzJ commented on Veterans of Compassion

10-15-2009

the veterans are not appercated in this country yet it is because of them that we can do and the say the things we do- very nice

Starhawk

10/15/2009

Sir, it is people like yourself that makes vets like me very proud to have served this country. Thanks.

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

Starhawk’s Poems (35)

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~ Veteran's Cry ~ 0
In The Beginning... 0
Mother in Every Sense! 0
Is not Free! Freedom! 1
Love 0
Peace Profound 0
I Am, Soul! 0
Mother Sends A Message 0
Love To Envy 0
Pitter Patter Of Little Feet 0
Love Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want 2
Executing Our Children 0
Too Right With God's Multiple Wrongs 0
400 + 0
Satisfy Me 2
Fire in the Darkness 0
All I Know 0
Never Really Alone 1
Veterans of Compassion 2
Winter of My Discontent 0
She's My Sun 0
Emboldened, Impassioned, Alive 0
True Los ...s 0
I Promise 2
Past Haunted 1
Alone NOT Lonely 0
love at First Shot 0
Soulmate 0
A Love to Envy 0
RuSh ApPlE HoUr 0
Common Love 0
The Human Animal 1
Clothed in a Smile 0
Reef of Tears 0
Passion's Possessions 2