04-14-2013, 04:27 AM
PRIDE
From memory's dawn I have known
Feelings to be ploys; I was shone
The guile of joy; but I could not quell
These passions far too strong to tell.
In childhood I endured alone;
My counsel came from my own throne;
While others danced, I watched and sighed;
And all I loved I loved inside.
When veterans returned with pride
I marked with shame how I denied
The wars I fought, the scars I hide--
For all I fought I fought inside.
From memory's dawn I have known
Feelings to be ploys; I was shone
The guile of joy; but I could not quell
These passions far too strong to tell.
In childhood I endured alone;
My counsel came from my own throne;
While others danced, I watched and sighed;
And all I loved I loved inside.
When veterans returned with pride
I marked with shame how I denied
The wars I fought, the scars I hide--
For all I fought I fought inside.