Elizabeth Zara Pagan

'I offer you this bloom, my darling,
Since I have naught but this to give,
A pretty rose from my garden bed,
To signify my love, ' he said.
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I will not soon forget the day,
When I was reading on the deck,
I felt a cold gust of wind,
Breathe heavy down my neck.
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The beacon rays a laser beam,
For miles across the sea,
It warns of shoals to a passing ship,
The Majestic Mighty Lee.
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Miners toil in caves this hour,
Beneath the ground where darkness reigns,
Small rocks fall as hatchets chops,
Using force, they all take pains.
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Somewhere in a dark corner,
Sits a lonely boy,
In his future lies no light,
Only darkness fills his joy.
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The day is done; the sun is gone,
Shadows form on silent graves,
While the eloquent but haunting call of taps,
Salute our fallen braves.
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The fallen within the gates of dawn,
Whose souls but late, have gone,
Now sink to rest, our patriot brave,
In a place where flowers wave.
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There is a wall of fear that dwell,
In their minds when bad news spread,
Imminent warning signs give rise,
Of layoffs set ahead.
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She dreams the restless heavy sea,
Devoured deposits of debris,
And a vessel with a dragon head,
Drifted near and then it fled.
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