Veterans' Day At The Wall

 As you walk on down the slope

past reflected years,

can you feel the once-bright hope

and hear the fallen tears?

Look behind each graven name;

please give them this small grace.

Lit by an eternal flame,

you will behold a face

whose eyes will dare to hold your gaze,

so dare not look away

and listen as the dead man says,

"Will you, on this sacred day

honour we who gave our all

to earn our place upon the Wall?"

The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is WANDER. Well, ok. Same theme.

As you walk through quiet gloaming,

can you hear the distant thunder,

and see all the ghosts a-roaming,

but where is it they wander?

Do they go to milkshake bars,

where lettermen would come together,

or glide among the souped-up cars,

a poison to dear mother?

Do they visit high-school fields

where they found early glory

before the war would come and steal

the ending to their story?

Just know the shades you walk among

had loved their lives, and they were young.

Five minutes, and I wouldn't change a word.

Music from the soundtrack to We Were Soldiers... the haunting Scots ballad 'Sgt. McKenzie'.

Sylvia just appreciates her ice cream.