Memorial Day Poem #44, "The Long Road"

They say it is a long road from youth to adulthood;
I say it is but the blink of an eye.

One day a child with a football or bat,
The next day a man in combat.

By JINGLES
Jan 02

Written from the heart by Jingles
Aussie Vet

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