TIME GOES BY TOO FAST...
I didn't realie it until at 11:50PM while talking on the phone with Nancy...
When you read this, the War in Iraq reached its four year mark yesterday (March 20th)
I've just believed I failed my Greek finals, but my mind's not on Greek at this moment...
I found this poem I wrote back in 2003, my, has it been 4 years? No longer 19...that was then and this is now.
On sunday, I'm going to eat Chow Mein, and its going to go down good in my stomach...
http://teamtruth.com/poetry/po_iraq.htm Hong Kong Chow Mein
Today in Iraq there were clouds,
Gray, dark rain carrying clouds.
Yet it was surely still hot,
The heat, I'm in Iraq, I still hear shot.
It feels like we've been here forever,
To finish this mission seems like never.
And as the sun hides suddenly,
The weather appearing quite gloomy,
The first raindrops fell,
Hits the dust and swell.
I wondered when was the last time it rain,
Besides our plane stop in Spain,
Recalling it was exactly a month ago,
Back in California on a weekend "libo",
That April twelfth being a Saturday,
Now it's the twelfth of May.
Halfway around the world,
I think about the restaurant Noodle World,
That evening the Lord has made,
When I met up with Campus Crusade.
I remember saying that night,
To myself and others alright,
Sitting with my order on dish,
"All this I'm going to miss!"
Just thinking of it now makes me drool,
I could salivate a children's pool,
Thinking of how good and how cool,
Fellowshipping with believers from school,
Over Hong Kong Chow Mien,
While I sit now and restrain,
My mouth from opening and stain,
My uniform from saliva gained.
Surely it rained today and then,
Making me miss all my friend,
Driving my own car that April night,
Wondering which direction was right,
To head home that night.
But for now I'll sit tight,
And trust the Lord in all,
Yes, trusting the Lord in all.
--Jimmy Li
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