Photo courtesy of Edward Eusery

ENLIGHTENED

Why did I write these verses; I don't know

'Twas not at least to promote myself you know,

Nor even to demean another's view,

Nor to show the world what it was I knew.

'Twas not for comment, thanks, nor accolades,

For all such things with my brief talent fades.

Nor did I seek to use my brothers’ names,

That from their horrors I did seek a fame,

That all the world would know me as the scribe,

Who described the soldier’s soul with naive pride.

God, if you are, then spare me from your wrath

For I have walked the circle of life's path,

And met myself approaching from the gloom,

To join the reason why the flowers bloom.

© 27 June 04 Colin F Jones