Ron J. Pate 1963-Present
Desert Storm Veteran, Retired United States Army, Non-commissioned Officer
'The most significant things in life, are most often the smallest'.
Our lives enslaved to predetermined courses of events, all leading to our conceived future. The natural order held by many as fate deciding how we meet, and how we love. It's born within our hearts and is our very soul..
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Bitter silence, words of few
Lips sealed, never parting in view
Sweet pallets frozen in time
Heart in disarray until morn's dew
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-Bugles sound charge and the drum plays, as pillows of white smoke unfolded while soldiers marched forward that early day. Rank and file were soon to fall, covered in
a blanket of blood red.
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- Through the stratocumulus covered crystal blue.
- Standing neath the midday sun shining high, so shall you.
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When I close my eyes and begin to dream into the night it seems; I drift away and travel back in time, to a place with disfigured faces haunt me, draining me and stealing my time.
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