Oct 2014
1971
when I was 21
unfulfilled dreams
were bred , then bled out over time
time drips by the second
from the icicles of my sorrow
the winds out of Africa
bring rain and destruction
to my Gulf of Mexico sound
blue . . . covers the canvas
with dark reds , and space to fill
the brushes are stiff from
impropper cleaning
58 days till next year . . . 1972
California is calling me . . .
but I don't want to go
the grass is bluer at home
the grass has red canvass strokes
from such useless sacrifice
when I was 21
unfulfilled dreams
were bred , then bled out over time
time drips by the second
from the icicles of my sorrow
the winds out of Africa
bring rain and destruction
to my Gulf of Mexico sound
blue . . . covers the canvas
with dark reds , and space to fill
the brushes are stiff from
impropper cleaning
58 days till next year . . . 1972
California is calling me . . .
but I don't want to go
the grass is bluer at home
the grass has red canvass strokes
from such useless sacrifice
Caught in rememberance of a fallen Viet Nam soldier . Marine PFC William Le Grande Dawes (June 24 , 1950 - October 19 , 1969)
The word canvass is used militarily . To canvass an area means to clean it up or to observe the area . Here it refers to my looking back upon a life cut way too short . And the use of canvas is to paint a picture mentally of that dreadful time .
The word canvass is used militarily . To canvass an area means to clean it up or to observe the area . Here it refers to my looking back upon a life cut way too short . And the use of canvas is to paint a picture mentally of that dreadful time .
