by Lou Marin
Inch-high bold and black
across the morning paper
stories front to back.
“War is Over Forever!”
It was 11 November 1918,
the war to end all wars
was over and done it would seem.
“War is Over Forever!”
No more killing in fields,
forests, and far off lands.
Reap dividends peace yields;
war is over forever.
91 years later on Veterans Day
I kneel upon battered knees,
looking to the day we truly say,
“War is Over Forever!”
“War is Over Forever!”
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Lou Marin, a Christian grateful for Jesus’ gift to him, was born and raised in the western hills of Maine, then spent 20 plus years wandering the country and world in the United States Air Force. Maine Department of American Legion’s Historian, he is a photographer and stringer for The Maine Trust for Local News, published poet and short story writer who pens faith based devotionals. He lives in Rumford, Maine. He is author of an anthology of poems based upon his military career entitled “Dimly Seen Through The Mists,” and a book of faith based poems entitled “My Lighthouse In Troubled Times,” available through Pen It! Publications.
Lou can be reached at mbsphotog@yahoo.com or his Facebook Page.
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