Waiting for Dawn’s Dappled Light

Trust, they say

yet my tears betray

my moans remain

or

do they water

the seeds of hope

tiny specks

mustard seeds

abandoned

dormant

frozen in time

tears like dew

a mist

a fog

a gentle rain

waiting

for dawn’s dappled light

wondering

beckoning

hoping

for the sun

to shine bright again

forevermore

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This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 17, 2024.

Tab Taber is a Gold-Star Dad–father of SSG George L. Taber V, a Green Beret Medical Sergeant from 7th SFG who died during a violent storm on Mt. Yonah while in the Mountain phase of Ranger School in August 2022. Tab journals to process his grief and to recollect memories of his son. Occasionally he shares his written thoughts with The Havok Journal and on Instagram @gltiv. He retired from the Military (8 years Marines;15 years Army) in 2014 and now resides in NE Florida where he runs a 4th generation wholesale plant nursery. He can be reached at tabtaber7@gmail.com.

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