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April 20, 2007 at 12:18:17

I Walk Fine

by Jim Bush Page 1 of 3 page(s)

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I walk fine

Most of the time

I walk fine

I stand up straight

And usually get where I'm going

Without any help

I stand tall

Head in the air

Watch the clouds glide by

Follow the flight paths of birds

Breath in the air

Feel the breeve

Blow through my my hair

It's not bad

This life

But then

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Jim Bush is a 61 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Katy,Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.

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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Theodore Roosevelt My favorite quote, currently anyway. All American's should memorize it!
judeedee"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Theodore Roosevelt My favorite quote, currently anyway. All American's should memorize it!

"I Walk Fine", too

Wow. This poem is incredible. I feel like I have walked in your skin. I have not survived the exact trauma(s) that you have, but I've had my own to bear. It is amazing how much we are all alike, inside, where we are fragile, specific, scattered, soft, human. There is so much utter beauty out side, and there is so much beauty inside of us, too.

Thank you!

judeedee

by judeedee (0 articles, 11 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 29 comments) on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 6:38:28 PM