Old Soldier--By Ann Christine Tabaka--United States

Old Soldier

A leaf...a soldier

Survived the winter

Tenaciously hanging

Onto bare branches

The heavy snows

And howling winds

Could not budge them;

They remained resilient

Now spring is here

And the old yields

To the green buds

& pushy young men

The soldier and leaf

Both stand with pride

As life cycles continue

They boldly step aside

Ann Christine Tabaka, is better known by her middle name, Chris. She has been writing poems and rhymes since she was fourteen. She was an artist, a chemist, and a personal trainer.  She recently had 4 poems accepted into the upcoming Contemporary Group’s anthology Dandelion in a Vase of Roses, and 2 poems accepted by The Society of Classical Poets, and will have poems in the summer 2017 issue of Halcyon Days Magazine.