~The Dragon Flies Lair II~

bentfeather | poets

[snippy_about_it]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly and wing my way through the sky I would never be shy just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind chase the comets tail for fun by day we would hide from the sun our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use fireflies as our guides we would dip and we would glide through the heavens open wide and scatter diamonds in the night sky my Dragon Fly and I...

And we would wing past our lovers silent in the night... to kiss their face in our flight much to their surprise and delight my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share away up here in the air of breezes soft through our hair my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©

[snippy_about_it]

Now I know why SAM uses this when he can't find the words to say anything. Thank you feather.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Everybody.

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[SAMWolf]

A Soldier's Christmas Poem



The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
my daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree, I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep
in perfect contentment, or so it would seem.
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eye when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
and I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts,
to the window that danced with a warm fire's light
then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night"

"Its my duty to stand at the front of the line,
that separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.

My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.

I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red white and blue... an American flag.

"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home,
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat,
I can carry the weight of killing another
or lay down my life with my sisters and brothers
who stand at the front against any and all,
to insure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?

It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone.
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead,
to know you remember we fought and we bled
is payment enough, and with that we will trust.
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.

Michael Marks

[snippy_about_it]

Just tell us you love us, and never forget To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone. To stand your own watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead, to know you remember we fought and we bled is payment enough, and with that we will trust. That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.

Awww, SAM, what a tearjerker this morning. Thanks.

[snippy_about_it]

Good music today, one of my favorites on there! ;)

[Soaring Feather]

A Soldier's Christmas Poem



Great poem Sam, thsnks.

[Darksheare]

Thanks.
I just wish stuff wouldn't pop into my head and then RUN away.
*chuckle*

[Darksheare]

I think it was some kind of bug that got into my head.
Yeah, that's it, a mind virus.
Yeah..
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[Darksheare]

Yes!
The Vehicle of the Eventide won a trophy!

[Darksheare]

We can never have normal pets.

[snippy_about_it]

more like a love bug! lol

[Darksheare]

*chuckle*
Not sure, had one in my head that flew away.
Had something about "Don't close your eyes, just come with me." and such.

[radu]

Good evening y'all. I hope everyone's had a restful Sunday.

[radu]

OUCH!! I can understand it hurting to think about that Chevelle! We have several friends who have sold cars in the past and regret it now.

We don't drive The Beast a whole lot because it's such a gas hog - LOL - but always enjoy getting it out for shows. That's the main reason I got us involved in showing it. Otherwise, it would just sit in the garage, gathering dust, and that car needs to get out and run....and be seen. That's what I enjoy most about the car shows.....watching the people walk around it and admire it. They just don't make them like that anymore.

We've come home from several shows without a trophy but we never mind that. Just getting it out for a while is what it's all about.

[snippy_about_it]

Good evening radu.

[Darksheare]

Had a really odd weekened.

[radu]

Howdy snippy! Having a good weekend?

As usual, I'm trying to get caught up here at FR. I seem to always be behind! LOL!

[snippy_about_it]

Been having a fun time today, now I'm trying to get caught up too!

[Darksheare]

I'm behind too this weekend.
Got conned into helping out with a baby shower.
What's the antidote?

Wandering the mists
drifting in haze
Don't close your eyes
just come with me
Float under the stars
whisper your name
Hope for the day
you'll be with me
Under the moon
in wisp lit fields
Dreams go by
and memories fade
Call me, calling me
and the shades collapsed.

[radu]

Been having a fun time today, now I'm trying to get caught up too!

I wish you luck! LOL! It's not always easy, is it?