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Helen V. Lundt

Helen V. Lundt lives in upstate New York. She has worked as a nurse's aide in a nursing home for seven years, then as a nurse in a local hospital for twenty years. She and her husband have traveled many miles by motor home through the United States. Helen started with WVU about three years ago and is a member of the Senior Poets Workshop. She has been published in Coachmen Capers, U.S. Legacies 2004 and 2005, online and in magazine, as well as T-Zero: The Writer's Ezine.

Battle Cry

My cry is for the boys who do not know
of struggles in their lives they have to face -
their playful battles - real in time’s great race.
I weep for those young men so keen to grow.
The same for mothers, ‘round the world is so.
They watch their Johnny playing in this case
knowing that one day could be his place;
his antics changed to war games with a foe.

But now his golden locks fly as he runs.
His laughter as he looks to see my wave
reminds me that he’s still a little boy.
No worries now, I’ll let him have some fun.
Problems in the world we’ll have to save
for my son when he rids himself of toys.

Copyright ©2005 by Helen V. Lundt