Approaching Storm

The graves have been dug

all bugles away

Medals awarded

for valor displayed

 

The soldiers in transit

to homes once so dear

But where is the peace

—when gunfire you hear

 

(Opening Poem To My New Novel: ‘Approaching Storm’)

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