Conflicts Of Mind.
Carnage of war,
Wounded, What's it all for.?
Question the insanity,
got to break free.
Maybe foolhardy,
or sheer bravery.?
Either way he was decorated,
choice of post stated.
Chose the frontier,
before it disappeared.
Out into the plains they ride,
ever rolling and wide.
Come across signs of dead,
death by arrowhead.
Reach post, deserted all gone,
decision made, stay on.
Wait for their return,
they wouldn't he'd learn.
No sign of command,
in his journal he penned.
'Two socks' appeared,
no threat, as first feared
'Wild Indian'first contact,
'stealing horse', he did distract.
Sure more of them will come,
preparation getting done,
Another‘war party'raid,
one of them is not afraid.! !
Realization had dawned,
after being warned.
No troops, no relief,
no need for the grief.
Meet the Indians head on,
'thinking', don'know where from! !
Come across, 'white squaw'alive but injured,
her life he secured.
Questions from red man chief,
answers from white man, 'Kicking Bird' would seek.
At his fort, impression made,
maybe a foundation laid.?
The'white squaw'asked to talk white,
Scared to say right.
Names introduced,
progress produced?
Back at fort,
noise, his ears caught!
Seen the Buffalo's,
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poem by Guy Lipmore
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