So today,
I came to the end
Of this long long road.
Journey of years.
Always wondered where
I was going.
Through storm and
Trackless sand dunes
Never knowing where
I was going.
I have reached the end.
No more road.
I am at an airport.
Only way out is
Fly...
Today you came home.
Two souls alight
Enflamed in love and desire
Today it was,
I am here, and
I am there.
I am here,
And also there.
I saw you.
I finally really saw you.
Welcome home darling.
I knew today
You are family.
You joined my tribe.
They approved you
And love you in
Their own rough way.
Even my elder brothers
Those who went before us.
And inside verily
A cactus of love
Although he has no prickly bits.
Somehow tonight
It is all real
All happening.
You will come home to me
For real
Soon. ❤
To the small soldiers
To the ones bearing tattered flags
Worn shoes and rusty canteens
To the ones who understand
Billy Joel
And Paris Island.
To the ones I went to save,
All the ones. All y'all.
Loved without exception. ❤
I stood in the trenches
Mud soaked my feet
Got in my shoes and socks.
Rain in my eyes and nose,
Dripping along with sweat.
Gun aimed and ready, steady now.
Stood, crouched, hunched for hours
While my hands were cold and
Could barely feel the trigger.
But the sharp report was sure,
The enemies falling before us,
Brother to brother, sister to sister,
Living the horror and agony
Together.
This month I remember
Blood. T