Over there it was flesh and bone,
bodies and lives.
Children, families.
Silence, pavement, buildings,
righteousness and
so many windows.
Infrastructure, innocence, armor, our boys,
and my faith in our nation's honor and ideals.
Back home, after,
it was dreams, beer bottles, dishes thrown,
furniture, hope for healing. Faith in
our nation's ability to really bring us home.
Children, women, families,
me.
