David Whalen Poems

<center>In the end, we all die but once.
Most die but one time and one time alone.
But what tempers the sweetness of living long
Is the bitter sweetness
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<center>A Marine kneeling in front of a boy
A seven year old boy with hands extended
barely containing his sorrow
Presenting him with a folded flag
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All things were naught but quiet…
Quiet as a babies breath
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<center>A cold grey mist…
Tiptoes aimlessly about
It's only companions
A few scudding clouds
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The peal of a bell
Has a different peal
When heard in the crisp air
Of a sunny Winter morn.
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<center>Lips pressed tight as layers of rock
Chin thrust forth like scarp of stone
Visage closed tight…as a lock
Semblance shone as of a crone
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<center>Passed away this day 11/16/2012
A bright light in our lives
That was always so giving
Could not have been sweeter
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Take note:
That none of my wants
Require currency grand

But in it's stead:
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In Truth…

I leaned much more on you
Than ever you did on me
The stronger of the sexes is
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<center>There is no accidental meeting…
Between kindred souls

For your fate is made, as surely is time fleeting
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