AT THE WALL

bright sheen

a raven's wing

names
carved into memory

sky and trees

clouds
reflecting

moving
upon carved names

a breeze the whispers
time past

dry leaves
falling in their youth
gone
to a storm

a war

silence
and tears
...... none blamed
none defamed

our history has grown old with us

shadows fall
beside us

voices
call us home

touch them

see them again

America is your home.

©Copyright May 31, 2003 by Lou J. Klaiber