Fighting With Windmills

He's fighting with windmills once again
The winds are churning, old battles returning

He had fought them all, one by one and
Thought them gone, thought he had won

New storms on the horizon gather and grow
A lonely battle, a difficult foe

Heart, mind and soul must all band together
If just one fails, the others will follow

A silent call to arms, the struggle begins
Fighting windmills all over again

— Linda Moses, Sep 26, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Texas, USA

Favorite Poets: rethinking this. have recently started reading the works of some of the greats, I will comment later

Critiques

poewriter58

17 years 8 months ago

Linda

Try the word returning in there and see If you like it what about the others will follow?(instead of others will fall) just a suggestion drop the word (the) fighting the windmills again Nice writing once again Chrys

Linda Moses

17 years 8 months ago

Chrys

"returning" is what I originally had on paper, and changed it when I submitted,as unsure. I do like it better. Thank you for your help

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

Linda

"If just one fails, the others will follow" - reminds me of a similar line in a Pink Floyd song: "together we stand, divided we fall." Excellent write. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- "If you've ever emptied the back of your pickup truck by driving backward really fast and slamming on the brakes, you might be a redneck" - Jeff Foxworthy Bill Engvall: "that's how we moved"

Linda Moses

17 years 8 months ago

Thank you

for our comments

W.C.Wampler

17 years 8 months ago

poem, Windmills...

Linda, The Don Q story is an excellent one. Any effort to translate, capsulate, or augment, shows an interest in study of human psyche. This I apreciate as much as any attempt to desribe even the colors of the sky. Thank you. wcw

Linda Moses

17 years 8 months ago

W.C.W.

Remembering Don Q is exactly where I got the idea for this write. Thank you for your comments

prayersbyPatty

17 years 8 months ago

Linda

Nice poem. Not getting it, have to read again, but once I heard windmills being a Hollander, I daydreamed of the "old country" sorry, will try to read and understand later. Patty

Linda Moses

17 years 8 months ago

HI, Patty

I was writing about a friend who is having trouble with alcohol again. Personal demons, I guess.

prayersbyPatty

17 years 8 months ago

Nice write Linda

Makes sense now.... I really enjoyed this one. Patty--------------------