Blog 3711 – 01.02.2026

Lessons Learned 

Staring at a clear blank screen

And wondering what to write

Looking, longing for inspiration 

After a long and sleepless night.

My muse has yet to fail me

With what to write or say

Exactly fifty-six years ago 

Was my first wedding day.

Four days later I was off to war

So young with so much to learn

A marriage barely even begun

Would be over before my return.

A painful lesson that indeed

Any time we risk we can lose

Whatever choices we may make

Other people get to choose.

Unhappy with our choices

We are free to choose again

Listening to our better voices

Can spare us repeated pain.

Your friend and fellow traveler,

David James White