It’s Veterans Day. To show my appreciation, I’ve posted an older poem I wrote in high school about soldiers coming home from war. It’s a little rough around the edges but it gets the point across.
A special thanks to those who have fought, and or, are fighting to protect our country.
You are in our thoughts.
– Rae
Coming Home
The inside of the plane
was hushed,
each passenger lost within
their own thoughts, fears,
and excitement.
As they came to a stop,
a collective sigh
resonated from the group
as one.
Together
they had faced
horror,
loss, and
pain.
Their anxiety of the upcoming
separation was plain –
they had become
brothers in arms.
One by one they went
down the stairs into
a new beginning,
their pasts forever
altered.
Cheers outside invaded the quiet,
collectively they
wept in joy
combining tears with
spontaneous laughter as
husbands and wives kissed,
parents embraced,
and children danced.
The mending of
something broken was taking place.
A song started to play in
respect,
the flag rose in silent pride,
its colors symbolizing
a nation’s birth
and
survival.
For they had arrived.
The soldiers had come home.
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