Lou J. Klaiber

FIELD STRIPPING MEMORIES…

tall timbers
and blue sky

pines waving like flags
as birds fly

squirrels rest
quietly sleeping
in the liberty of limbs

resting
in the dream of a warm
winters day.

silent grass… brown
silent resting grass
dreaming the sun

dreams alive and growing
into the memory of springtime.

hawk
and crow
place wings and footprints

upon the drift of clouds
moving across the sky
into tomorrow.

and so i pray here
beneath them
pray the old soldier memories within me
of life
and home

pray for young soldiers
… alone.