Poems from Robert Williford
Honorably discharged disabled veteran from Arkansas. Did a 12 month tour in Europe and a 6 week deployment to Northwest Africa. I speak a little German and a lot of Spanish. Many Vets lose their way/purpose in life. Your new mission in life, the most important you will ever have, is to become a better father, husband, son and neighbor. It doesn't make you weak to become a better human being. You don't have to be one of the military statistics who either commit suicide or end up in prison.
Coulds’t thou
Smell incoming rain
Inhale the misty skies
Explore the inner-pain
Left by all the lies
Woulds’t thou
Drink the rain drop...
Since the dawn of time
Man has searched far and wide in vain
The mythical fountain of youth has always slipped his grasp
Much to his...
Bringing you home
Talcum powder delight
Our first bath
Healthy lungs
Growing appetite
Huge expectations
Your future forseen
World of...
I love you!
Heard around the world, those three words mean so much
It’s our fundamental need for this emotional crutch
That reflects the...
An insect when off I dozed
I woke up but didn’t understand
Was I really human with all my toes
Or a bug dreaming I’d become a Man
What...