I lived and smelled the.....

Crack…..

Branch breaks on the tree

As the cold wind howls

Takes me back

Where no bird song was heard

No need to dive down….

This time..

Feet wet but warm

No brown peat water

Dissolving my toes

Unlike….

My young feet back then

When youthfulness protected

To the summit I walk

Leisurely stroll

Through Wordsworths beauty

At the top I sit……

Reflect of a time long gone

As clear as yesterday’s quick kiss

No bullets to load….

Grenades to ready….

Just a flask of hot coffee

Wake up and smell it….

A hint of whisky

For the Glorious dead.

 

© Tony McNally

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