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The wind in the Willows,
The shimmering breeze,
Branches, rubbing together
In the largest of trees.
Needles falling to ground
Covering the old debris,
Of twigs and small branches
And the wet, fallen leaves.

The Moonlight reflects off the lake,
on this early, misty morn.
There are few sounds, to partake
from the cottages, that adorn.
My love for you, that you forsake,
from my heart, so forlorn,
caused this heart of mine to ache,
and from my chest was torn.
I now must return to the lake,
near where I was born.

The wonders of the Winter storm
has passed this way again.
The plants, are all settled down
with mulch upon their head,
as their hearty bulbs are resting,
in the beds of loam,
awaiting heat, from a warming Sun.
This cycle of a plant's life
will repeat, once again, ad infinitum.

I feel the rain, my teeth a chatter
as the wind creates, such a splatter.
Wearing a Gore-Tex coat, I must brag
until the rain runs down my leg.
My body's dry, as is my head,
but the pants are soaked, so back to bed.

We were strangers, when we first met.
We are becoming strangers now and yet
a lifetime of memories, that were made,
are mostly gone and can't be replayed.
Such a loss for you and I,
but try we must, not to cry.

When I plead my troth, dearest wife,
it was to you and for life.
Worry not, I do say to thee,
this place in life is where I'll be.
I love you so, my darling one,
your are my World, Moon and Sun.

The blazing red of the fire bright,
brings us a comfort and delight.
The flickering of flames, the silent night
are shadows I see, within this light.

A quasi farm boy, just like me,
joined the Navy and was to see;
First plane ride, from Island Whidbey,
down the coast, the trip for me.
Then to my home, USS Marsh 699, DE.
Shipped out from San Diego, now at sea,
Pearl Harbor, Midway Island, my litany.
Home Port Guam; Island surveillance to be,
the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, Truk and Bikini.
Heading South, across the Equator, was my duty,
the ritual of initiation, now a "Shellback" you see
and we crossed the line by Kapingamarangi.
Back to Guam, the R & R for me.
North was our heading, going back to sea,
stopping at the Islands, Jima; Haha and Chichi.
Then to the Island of the Rising Sun, for me,
into the shipyards at Yokosuka, our destiny.
Repairs completed, headed South, visiting Island Ulithia.
Going ashore, with Natives in loin cloths a sight to see.
Getting underway, once again, our next journey,
back to San Diego, where I like to be.

When I was young, back in the day,
we lived in Seattle, out Riverton Heights way.
My Dad owned a business, after the war,
that was WW II, if you remember that far.
During the Spring, it was more merry;
I followed the creek to the Golden Arrow Dairy,
fishing the creek, which turned into a ditch,
provided great fun and relieved that youthful itch
of fishing and catching, with nary a mentor,
on this piece of land, now called South Center.

Rid myself of anger.
Rid myself of hate
and try to understand,
what happened as this date.

I see you here.
I see you there.
For Pete's sake,
Your everywhere.
I know not what
You bring to share,
But I will not
Stay unaware.