[Spooks] The Whys and Wherefores

[leo griffin]

Thought some of you might enjoy the following...it's a bit more on the ham side than just SWL, but the line of separation is very gray.

"WHERE IT ALL BEGAN..."
"To the memory of lost comrades"

Years ago, it seems like childhood spent,
I learned of things most secret, ever silent,
Until a whiskered crystal sang and made known
The thoughts soaring in the air; whispered words sown
Upon the winds; then I became a part, a graft made
Upon a vine of signals, encoding all the earth.
A small one, I, touching sparks to air to announce my Birth.
I was young, and in my heart was where it all began...

Years ago, it seems like manhood spent,
I learned of lands in signals violent,
Torn from the souls of dying youth in wars of hate,
And cold codes sent to wound the parent heart, so late
In life to lose the flower of their love. Gone in measured
Code, dit upon dit, dit upon dah, each element a small 
Fragment rending the sanity of us all.
I was a man, and in my heart was where it all began...

Years ago, it seems my life-time spent,
I learned of friends who all have went 
Their silent way, silent keys, and yet I hear
Them still, sending in my heart, each touch a dear
And well known friend; each moment shared, a treasure
To be logged in life, night upon night, dah upon dit,
My shaking hand to key, my finals dimly lit,
Til I am gone. In my heart was where it all began .....years ago.

By
leo griffin -  KB7LOC - QCWA #24894 - FISTS #9479
Copyright Griffin 1987