"Creases of truth"©

This July Fourth... think about those that knew what it meant to them to have and hold on to their own freedom- in turn... your own.

Old men,

faces with creases,

tight lipped... 

from a generation

subjected to war,

unsure and uncertain

how to feel or how to

explain the horrors

and their personal reactions,

sit playing chess

(a game of military strategy)

with a cool breeze passing

as death hovers over their

shoulders...

silence belies their unrest,

unable to speak,

frozen emotions and the

depression of lacking the

ability to whisper the truth.

Author's Note

Could you be as traumatized as they are... or have been? Happy Fourth of July, 2014.