She lies beneath the fig tree

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

and remembers the shops

and the vendors

and the talk



of things that are about to change

and remembers the fear.



Before her father lay bleeding beside her.


She remembers the quiet
the silence

at night

before these things

brought new silence.


She hears the vehicles
roll by

carrying death
and

foreigners

to change her world.




The old silence returns

and she gets up

to take her baby

water.

[TomInTib]

1. Tom...that was so painfully beautiful...and should be re-posted

when all are reading, 'tho it would never get to the eyes and ears of those who believe that we are fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here.

Bring it home...bring it home...

Ms.Tomintib

[CoffeeCat]

2. Thank you for that...

...it was very moving.

That poem really took me to another place and made me
feel so much.

You have a gift...keep writing and posting.

Thanks.

:)

[ninkasi]

3. So beautiful

and so sad, and so true. Thank you.

[auntAgonist]

4. incredible and heartfelt. thank you K&R n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Tom, you might want to cross-post this in the Writer's Forum.....

So it can be put on the Greatest Page....

This is truly beautiful, and meaningful as well....

I thank you for it!

:hug:

K&R....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

6. I would, but it's been moved to the lounge....

Thanks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Oh, I'm sorry......

I really don't think that it's fair that Lounge threads can't go on the Greatest Page...

BTW, my dear mods...I have already talked to Skinner about this...

He told me it isn't practical on a case by case basis to decide if a Lounge thread is worthy of being on the Greatest Page....:shrug:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. Thanks,

It's odd, but every single post of mine was moved here today...


Someone had a hard on for me and wanted to bait me for my antiwar stance as far as I can tell.

[shadowknows69]

9. I think poems and essays should be allowed in GD

I never go to the lounge. Anyone I want to deal with or want critiques from are in GD. Just my two cents.