
Photo: ©Michele Fernandez-Cruz
They say you died
for our freedom
They called you
murderers baby
killers spat on
you when you
returned from
killing fields
Today our selves
reflected in the
list of fallen men
do not acknowledge
in the beggars on
the side of streets
traumatized
PTSD-eds too
unable to make
a living wishing
their names, too,
were on the wall
Tomorrow will
today's young men
who fought on the
sands of Gilgamesh
or hills of Taliban
be begging too? Or
will we finally be
(hu)MAN enough to
take care of those
whose souls and
bodies scar on
our behalf whether
we agree with
their mission
or not
©Beatrix Brockman