Sunset Soldier
The old vet
who nightly sat
and watched
the sunsets sight
on a bench
looking to the west
was not there
tonight...
They say
he'll not come
anymore
He will be carried
tomorrow to rest
in a flag draped casket
a veteran
of three wars
I sat tonight
on his bench
gazed into the end
of the day
and I thought
that I did
faintly see
an old soldier
...marching
away...
into eternity
© Faye Sizemore 10/21/03
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