Too Late for Valor

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on January 16, 2016
Posted in: Free Verse, POETRY, Traditional Form. Tagged: , , , , , , . 14 Comments

 

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“Awakening” by Otto Dix

 

 

I used to walk
among giants
made history
hour by hour

king of my soul
heartbeats deep
with the thrum
of a powerhouse

strode across
continents leaving
indelible prints
of my victories

jus bellum iustum
my silver sword
giving defeat
to the wicked

what more could
a mortal man want
from his life than
to say it was true

or at least to
imagine that given
a second chance
it would be so

 

 

From my book Human Waters

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