American Ghost _ new poetry May 2026 _ Memorial Day

American Ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone