Description
Surrounded by family, yet seperated by war, boys that are now men have left for destinations unknown and of uncertainty. Time reflects on a Father, Grand Father and even a Great GrandFather, all serving in a war that was to have had purpose.
Herman's letters are 3 years of writing, recalling each move. Traveling or sailing to many different countries.
As I read about this man, who would someday become my Father, each moment held an event in time that I could only imagine, but never really know.
Herman is a man of sincerity and humor, and having a strong bond for love and family. As Herman writes, I in turn share with you the moments he encounters as his life unfolds during this time of World War ll. We already know the outcome, as history has told us. Though for Herman's time he is unaware of what lies ahead.
I sat so merry in my abode
Loving hands around me
I dreamt of such glorious days
One day i would see
I remember the day I left
My room
I closed the door behind me
One quick look again
Then walked away
The room which would always remind me
The glorious days I had dreamt
I did merrily spent
How little did I then know
Life turns on a dime
My room is now not as it was
When I closed the door
Behind me
My room now is a prison
But not how one would invision
It is one of sorrow and grief
Sadness burns into the bare walls
I catch my breath
And weep
Why did thou'st doth betray?
The room which once embraced me
I ask with riddled heart
Jagged and torn
Which wicked riddles have I thus sought?
I sit still
I am now my room
No dreams as once before
I age before my open door
In my room long ago
I sat merrily in my loving abode
Loving hands did hold me
All gone
My room and myself
Now one
Two thrust to be together
Forever
Alone