The Veteran
21st Century
I saw him in the park, one day,
His legs had both been torn away
And in his chair, alone, he sat
In ragged coat and woolen hat.
Some shunned him as a sad disgrace
But when I'd seen that beaten face
I knew he sat there, just for me
That I might live in liberty.
For me, it was, he shed his tears
And forfeit all his youthful years
I saw there when I turned to go
The tallest man I'll ever know !
DayPoems Poem No. 2267
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2267.html">The Veteran by Kate Watkins Furman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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