A dry wind

Over the coast

The cry of gulls

The stone towns rising from the hillsides

The ringing of bells echoing

…

Of all the memories and dreams

The deepest love and satisfaction

The mystifying twists of nature

Of time come and gone

People crossing our paths

A moment

A memory

A sealed fate

Music calling in the distance and

Wars brewing beneath the cold diplomacy

The clash of war is eminent

And the duty of the sides remain

A wind that pushes

And sentiment that rises to the occasion

The heat and fire of the thoughts and soul

The lull in the vicious planing stages

The scramble

The rush

Who knows what will be

A decade and a half from now

We wait to see what fate serves us

And fight our cause in wars

Seen and unseen

Near and far

Through silence and screaming and tears

Memories of the fallen

Dear to our hearts and mind

Sigh

We wait

But not unprepared

The active agents running their course

Their missions

In the face of death threats

Fearless they are

Among them i am not

But i smile at their fierceness and resolve

Every smile on their face a saved memory

And the flag flies high to the end and beyond