Take Me

For my grandfather.

An esoteric era for a juvenescent boy,

when father can't afford any goods or toys.

Starving, cold, far from home, never with supply,

he asked, "Will you take me home to die?"

From academy to academy his life was spent,

in offices, fields, trenches and tents.

Technology to kill engenders slaughter and cries.

He prays, "Will you take me home to die?"

Broad and tall means frail and gray.

Only photographs to remind in the autumn days.

Tired of tilted days and fitful nights,

he wonders, "Will you take me home to die?"

Last laugh, last independence, last stand,

capitulated to an affliction still few understand.

He has not come to but with an ultimate sigh,

he pleads, "Will You take me Home to die?"

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Four different stanzas and meaning...
yet the final verdict is implied in each ending...
of their faith...