Guthrie Jones

Guthrie Jones


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Guthrie Jones 

You were a happy man

You were a man with a future

We looked up to you

You had a plan 


Guthrie Jones

Your bearded face

Held High

Confidence

In your eyes 


Guthrie Jones 

You had an answer 

For every question

Your life had purpose 

Direction 


Guthrie Jones 

Well, you were a 

Working man

You inspired

Goodness


Then Uncle Sam  

called you to war

What was it for? 

You saw many die 

Beneath Iraqi Skies

Pointless insanity 


Guthrie Jones now

Your eyes are lifeless 

Your ghost vanished 

Love has faded away 


Collecting bottles for food

Homeless asleep in your waste

People step over you laughing 

Your sacrifice forgotten 


Guthrie Jones

Lost man who lives 

under Iraqi skies 

The war continues 

Every day for Guthrie 

Take the time and look

See the battles rage still

Reflected in his eyes


No winners

Senseless

Wars


Can we learn to love?

Can we be compassionate?

Can we end the killing

End destroying lives

Beneath foreign skies?


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Written many moons ago in Burlington, VT. Revised on August, 7 2022.


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