By Bob Dougherty
paper does not feel
thoughts on paper hold feelings
lonely feel these thoughts
paper does not feel
thoughts on paper hold feelings
lonely feel these thoughts
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By Bob Dougherty
I’ve read the letter so many times I think I know it by heart, yet I always see something new, different, enlightening. Maybe, it’s me. It was sent from the Pacific, the Second World War, by a soldier to his son in Minnesota, age of one. He wrote of death, but not of dying; killing and how it coarsens; pain, yet not of crying; bravery, but not of being brave; and fear, only of being forgotten. He wrote with hope of coming home one day, yet his letter held the important thoughts he might never get to say. There was no time for trivial things. His words were wise to guide his son at any age. |
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Bob Dougherty is a poet and writer living in Tiburon, CA Archives
January 2020
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