Our Blood has been to Battle

In remembrance of
Uncle Melvin Lynn Applebury
Great Uncle Herbert Vander Molen




Our Blood has been to Battle



When danger has haunted good men
     And violence has held dark sway
Our blood has stalked the bad lands
     Rebuffing Evil’s way

Our blood has been to war
     On hill and plain and bay
Our blood has been to battle
     For them today we pray

Some served and came back
     Sadly others had to stay
On foreign soils nourished deep
     Where forever they will lay

Forget them not because they gave
     Their life’s coin to pay
Evil back into its lair
     So Good has one more say

© Copyright 2016, Marty Vandermolen

In Death I'll Depart

Once I had it all figured out
I was country with suit, tie and wingtips polished
Wealth flowed naturally to me

You shared a piece of my soul
I finished your smiles, and you purred my contentment
Love was our electric circuit

You turned lovely day to stormy night
By sending me away you ripped out my heart
Crushed my confidence, my future

I have lain lifelessly numb ever since
Fearful to feel once again, to love and yearn
Until in death I'll depart  

© Copyright 2013 Marty Vandermolen