A Moment in Time

Image:1 The imposing Abe

This day I stood before him

In awe of the man larger than life

Who espoused rights and equality

And being remembered of his words

Four score and seven years ago……..

…..conceived in Liberty, and dedicated

to the proposition that all men are created equal

His gaze across towards the Monument

Imposing, a sitting position compounding his greatness

Very unlike others standing mostly

Sharing the spectacle again of the glittering moments

Of the changing of the guards on the concourse in front

together with tourists from the world over

( including Hank many years ago)

The Capitol in the distance

The custodian of his ideals and aspirations

The White House his abode to his left direction

(not this particular one I would think)

But still his, until that fateful day in the theater

Image:2 The simple Bob Kennedy's grave where a small flame was kept burning at the plaque in the fore ground. This recent Google image doesn't show the flame anymore.

The spirit of the 2-minute Gettysburg address

For fallen heroes was still with us

At Arlington, where an eternal flame

Flickered in the slight breeze

Of another fallen son

Marking Robert’s resting place

Image:3 The Museum of Modern Art, so unique a structure

(Picture Credit: All From Google Images)

A sojourn in DC would not be complete

Without a peek at the Museum of Modern Art

Where the  building itself was poetry

A marked difference from the staid Smithsonian

And other Museums across from the White House

Written for Brian's Poetics at d'Verse for some historical happenings