Word Count

Monday, April 14, 2008

It was a necessary war, they said.

We must fight for truth.

For justice. For prosperity.

And for these things, they sent my son

To die for peace.

My prayers fell on deaf ears,

My fury at the senseless death ignored.

And so my son returned to me,

A broken toy soldier in a box,

And I buried him with my heart.

3 comments:

Terri Osburn said...

That's going to make me cry....

Marnee Bailey said...

As the mom of a son, stuff like this terrifies me.

Anonymous said...

Did you write this? It's gorgeous!

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