2017 Eastern Colorado Creative Arts Competition

RESOLVE
By Cpl. Dean F. Glorso, Mail Clerk
USMC �Draftee� - Vietnam Veteran 68-68

In youth it takes time to develop direction
As I floundered through the adolescent years
Giving no mind to purpose or consequence
I rely on luck

Waiting for something to grab me
Something to hold me tight
As I wave in the breeze of life
A godsend disguised as war

Forced my lazy hand to act
Struggle heightens my senses
The men around me are my heroes
Marine Aviators with wits of steel

My eyes focus
My ears perk up
My mouth stays shut
I observe, listen, and do my job

Only now I realize
How important this time was for me
The Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps
Near the seventh decade of my life � I live with resolve