Lou J. Klaiber

THE DRUM THAT BEATS FOREVER

The sound of never is a drumbeat
caught in moments
that live forever

Forgotten
is impossible to those
who have lived
and can never forget

Tomorrow is the one day that accompanies
every dream
and tear that began falling
so long ago.

When I was young
I became so very old
cold
shivering within the memory of myself.

Now I reach into the smile of a girl
unafraid to hold me
A tear washing the pain from my soul
A girl who has become a woman of infinite love

Within her eyes I see
the bravest soldier
I have ever known.