Winds from beaches
and jungles
And mountains
and deserts
Blow my hair into my eyes,
allowing me to blame
Something else for my tears
of remembrance and pride
And shame and disappointment,
not to list to the side of
Joy at reunion of souls beside those
markers forever white, forever
Rowed upon the waves of our struggling
for space and breath and earth to grow
And lines to divide and holes to rejoin us all
when the bell tolls and the harpsong times
The march towards the places where we will all
Sit down together and rest in starlight,
Gazing towards a light we can only remember
Until that dawn without lines.
A most instructive and comforting Veteran’s Day Weekend wished to you all!
granbee 
Nov 11, 2011 @ 05:48:44
Thank you for writing and posting this. Very touching.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 01:35:34
So honored to “touch” you, morrowsue!
Nov 11, 2011 @ 07:22:40
When we “gaze towards a light we can only remember/until that dawn without lines” – simply beautiful poem!
Nov 15, 2011 @ 01:37:33
Betty, your enouragement always saves many a moment for me–and spurs me on. THANK YOU, especially for your cueing into those final two lines(not lines?)!
Nov 13, 2011 @ 01:11:50
I like this a lot!
Nov 15, 2011 @ 01:38:44
May your week be filled with joy, Mohana; just as you have filled my writer’s heart with joy with your kind comment.
Nov 14, 2011 @ 04:05:24
One of my favorite lines:
‘Rowed upon the waves of our struggling
for space and breath and earth to grow’
A poem of reflection and remembrance, tinged with sadness of course, but also hope and faith with the journeying from earth to heaven.
The ending lines are prayerlike…beautiful.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 01:43:15
Bardess, you won my poetic heart by recognizing the prayer of the ending lines. Truly, I pray constantly to one day see NO MORE LINES in the ONE GREAT LIGHT shining on us all!
Nov 15, 2011 @ 02:59:41
Thanks for your visit and “liking” my post…and I add my tribute to the Veterans…
Nov 15, 2011 @ 04:11:43
Always glad to see you here, Joni! Much appreciation for adding your tribute to the Veterans!
Nov 15, 2011 @ 04:38:25
Beautiful. Thank you.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 04:55:00
Your comment means a lot to me, as I just started following your posts! Welcome here (and love your username!)
Nov 16, 2011 @ 00:45:54
‘NO MORE LINES in the ONE GREAT LIGHT shining on us all!’
Absolutely!
Blessings
Nov 17, 2011 @ 14:49:28
Thanks so much for your unreserved affirmation of the need for us to ceased false limitations to being connected and enlightened as one people, one big community.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 04:53:05
Wonderful closer: ‘dawn without lines’. Leaves a lot of paths for the imagination to travel. Thank you for inspiring the journey.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 04:55:52
What an honor to inspire you, cottonbombs! I just started following you and look forward to many exchanges and great posts from you!
Nov 15, 2011 @ 17:03:17
Sometimes we need the wind to blow through our hair and through our souls to touch our hearts and cleanse our spirits~ so that we can then take in the new fresh breath it brings so that we can blow out all the cobwebs from within..
Love and Light~ Dreamwalker
Nov 16, 2011 @ 03:41:11
Thank you so humbly, Sue, for helping me to be grateful for the wind blowing through me!
Nov 17, 2011 @ 08:11:58
bows (~_~) humble
Nov 17, 2011 @ 14:46:50
Art, you are spoiling me! I accept your accolade even more deeply bowing!
Nov 29, 2011 @ 08:04:49
Of course this one got to me, I’m big on Veteran’s and Memorial Day–Your excellence is moving, and secure.
Nov 30, 2011 @ 02:26:14
Caddo, so very thankful you considered my words to be “excellent”, especially when honoring our veterans. Thank you for visiting and commenting so helpfully, as always!