Once A Soldier Always A Soldier Will Die A Soldier

 Dedicated to my Brothers at Arms

~I am a Veteran of the Vietnam war

Soldier born and bred~

~Been through battles great of horror

many friends lie dead~

~Charlie a Ghost afraid of nothing not

attacking day and night~

~From the depths of Hell the Demons fought

frighting Firefights~

~Two on two off and on again

guarding our precious ground~

~A thousand men did Charlie send

never made a sound~

~Behind and up within the trees

tunnels underground~

~Charlie came like Killer bees

swarming all around~

~One hundred times the count of ten

we fell them to the ground~

~At fighting’s end we searched for them

not a body found~

~Like that of Ghosts they disappeared

back to the depths of Hell~

~Leaving our soldiers to ponder fear

under the Demon spell~

~We searched for Charlie day and night

throughout the Hellish rain~

~Commenced another Firefight

felling many again~

~This was our tour of Hell on Earth

still haunting us today~

~The Vietnam veteran we who served

God Bless The USA~

Duke Sherman, Sgt

G-Troop, 2/11 ACR

Black Horse Soldier

Vietnam Veteran

1971 - 1972

I Love You For Has Always Been

~One wish to have one wish to be

to have you be in love with me~

~I hunger so to taste your lips

to know the softness be your kiss~

~To hear you say those words of three

to have you lay be next to me~

~To feel your breath my naked skin

to know your fire from within~

~To hear your heart beat from your chest

be that my head be lay in rest~

~To know your deepest secret thought

to have it be in me you want~

~To mold your body in caress

be that the tender be your flesh~

~To hold you be all through the night

and wake the morn you be my side~

~To have your soul in mate with mind

unto the day be end of time~

~I love for you has always been

from that the time before of when~

Duke Sherman

My Love For You Is Ten Times Wide

         ~Aristotle~

Love is composed of a single soul
     inhabiting two bodies as one
                                                                     

~Your beauty reign beyond the stars

in of the Heaven be so far~

~My heart be thunder beat my chest

next in after more than rest~

~Like that the sun my blood run hot

in that you be my every want~

~My breath be shallow short in gasp

you send me flight be in aghast~

~My all sensation run amok

mere the thought your tender touch~

~You lift me up when I am down

in that my strength you be my mound~

~Be that my thoughts I cannot find

you bring me peace you clear my mind~

~You carry me like that the wind

in that you be my Heaven send~

~You stand by me be right or wrong

be that my side you stay the long~

~In that the cold be fall of night

you make me warm your body side~

~In that the heat be peak of day

you shower me in cool array~

~My love for you be ten times wide

be that the never ending sky~

~Even that of Heaven’s gate

cannot begin to emulate~

~And in the end these words of mine

I will love you ‘til the end of time~

Duke Sherman

Smile

~You are the glad in Winters bring

of that the sound of Christmas sing~

~You are the fresh a Springtime day

the sweet perfume a flower spray~

~You are the wind be from the West

of that the warm of Summers best~

~You are the Grace Thanks Giving call

the fetching paint be in the Fall~

~Like that of Winter Glad tidings be

you bring but joy and peace to me~

~Like that of Spring be new a start

you keep me young and brisk of heart~

~Like that the warm of Summers wind

you are my soul be deep within~

~Like that the Fall Thanks Giving give

I thank the Lord in that you live~

~Like that paint be Crimson gold

be that your beauty in tenfold~

~In that the Seasons be of four

you are my all in I adore~

~I love you~

Duke Sherman

You Are My Life

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What sweetness lye’s in that your breath

of that the taste in of your kiss~

~In that the beauty bequest on you

in of the way in how you move~

~In that the spark be in you eyes

in of your smile so broad and wide~

~The way you laugh when you are gay

in how you bright our every day~

~In that your nose perfection be

of how you gaze when look at me~

~In that the length be of you hair

~unto your shoulders in of your wear~

~Sweet the scent in your perfume

like that the spring the roses bloom~

~Your gentle touch your fingers bring

against my skin the shivers cling~

~In that your heart be sound and true

and how you make me feel brand new~

~In that the soft your whisper be

sweet be nothings my ear to me~

~And when you speak the Angels sing

in all you are you wear their wings~

~In that the depth of your embrace

in of your soul be full of grace~

~In of the night your slumber be

the way you sleep be comely~

~In of your wake in that the morn

the way my life be you adorn~

~Imbue my heart from day to night

 with that of love you be my life~

~And in my death my wish be this

to go with that your kiss my lips~

Duke Sherman

As I Sat My Mind In Wander

~As I sat my mind in wander

I fell to that of Daytime slumber~

~I found my self embraced in kiss

in that of yours I often wish~

~So wet your lips were to their touch

so sweet the taste I took in much~

~Within my thoughts you said to me

your love for me would always be~

~We planned our life to live as one

to never part ‘til life be done~

~Awoke I did to find I dreamt 

so real to me so did it sempt~

~If I could change reality

instead of him you’d be with me~

~I’ll live my life in loneliness

to never know your tenderness~

~Nor feel the passion in of you kiss

within my heart I often wish~

~Never to find in life a mate

to die alone will be my fate~

~Within my life will never be

another love to be of me~

Duke Sherman