Faye Sizemore, Lou J. Klaiber and Lucille J. Biscaglio

THE “CRYING” TRILOGY

WHAT ARE YOU CRYING FOR?

A thousand and many more
marching on as to war.
What are you crying for?
Could one of them yours?

Is it your son they are going send,
Will this be his young life’s end?
Is it your daughter who will die?
Tell me Mother, why do you cry?

Is that a father who’s marching on;
Will his fate be the same as her son?
Maybe it’s someone’s uncle or brother;
Could it be that it’s a friend or lover?

Look around, look around
Before it’s too late we may find
They have gone with the drums of war
Following the marching feet as before

Tell me America, What are you crying for?

©Copyright September 29, 2002 by Faye Sizemore

I CRY BECAUSE…

I am crying
for those gone
long ago…!

stillness
…… and graves weeping
silence!
…… covering our war,

and young lives!

I am an old soul
living a past!

I have no politics
………… no future
… no opinions
anymore.

No answers!
… Just
A hand
salute! as war begins
again.

I cannot ‘Welcome Home’
those innocents
who stand by,
unknowing…!

… and quietly
afraid.

I can only raise my hand…
Salute!
and… wish them…
well.

ETERNAL TEARS

I cry
… for that which was
and couldn’t be.

I cry
… for that which is
because of what was.

I cry
… for that which
cannot be.

I cry
… for those who are
… who will never be.

I cry
… still
… and then
I cry
… again.

I cry
… tears veiling
that which I pray
… blinded faith
prevailing
… I will not see.