Nostalgia, Thwarted



The winds of war raged furiously,

relentlessly inside him,

never giving him time to remember 

the early times, the good times,

when he was a young man

discovering himself and young women

and what life had to offer lovers 

who didn't care about tomorrow,

as they caressed each other

in fields of grass and spring blossoms.

But that was long ago, and now he had a war on his hands...

"Ants!!  Ants in the pantry!!" he cried, 

as he reached for Black Flag.
the poetry of daniel roest