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Melange vol.3 October Editorial Guaranteed satisfaction - where did a deep impression dissapear? Poems Lonely Humanity Veteran Guitar inner child Cactus I / II Multilingual Page - English Interview with Mr Robbie Petterson Interviews with learners of English as a second language Film Review Are dinosaurs getting too old for Hollywood? - Jurassic Park III Novels Adonis Blue (3) Guest Writers' Corner Story of Strawberries: Bedtime Story for My Sister Notes on Group Writers

POEMS Veteran I'm sorry. His lips shake. I'm sorry I'm still alive. He stays there for a while. Winter wind pungently chills his old back. The Veteran gets up early every morning, and goes through the routine of over 50 years walking and calmly climbing up cold, shadowy stone-made stairs to pray for old mates who died in the War. The result of the War did not only mean victory or defeat; life had to keep on and on. The Veteran might have survived but bullets cut deep in his heart. The wound has been bleeding for over 50 years. Something beyond theories is behind this sorrow, and it is not weighed or measured properly. While death meant nothing, life meant suffering. I dare say that this is "peace", but when I feel content without any fear, I think of this Veteran - Are you still praying for your mates? -   Itsuka Yamasaki Prev | Next

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