Battle Amour - A poem by Liam UiCearbhaill

I hope to see you all at my book signing this 

Saturday, August 1 2015 

at 101 Donuts and Burgers

1661 S Main St, Willits, CA 95490

8:30 AM to Noon

Now, on to the poem!

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The dating scene, like any war,
Is strewn with casualties
The walking wounded go about
As shell-shocked as you please

Their wounds become their armor worn
To drive the war away
The more they’ve fought, the less it seems
You’ll find them in the fray

As innocence gives way to pain
And dreams to cynic thoughts
The likelihood they’ll find the one
They seek is all but lost

Even so, we veterans of the
Wounds and of the wars
Still hold a hope within our breasts
Akin to that before

We may not dive into the fray
As quickly as we might
Nor wrap our lives around our dreams
So altogether tight

But still we dream our little dreams
Of things that just might be
And cautiously, so cautiously
Pursue the hopes we see

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This poem is in the collection Poetry's Purpose

Available for Kindle download at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YX2VZ78

Available in Printed version at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/uicearbhaill

Available for purchase at The Book Juggler http://www.thebookjuggler.com/store.php