Our small New England town buried a son yesterday,
A young soldier killed on duty in Afghanistan.
It was our first casualty in struggles far away
But, as it had proved, not sufficiently removed.
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And half a world away Other villages mourn sons and daughters Lost to his unerring eye. You have brought the horror of war to us all.. All parents lose loved ones, no matter who is right or wrong. Are any of us totally right... Colin J...
After mellenia of history, after having walked on the moon, after having seen the horror of concentration camps and massacres of indigenous people, after all we've learned as human beings, we still engage in the barbarianism of warfare. The smiling, healthy, eager faces of young men and woman will always haunt us, not matter which nation they happened to have been born in. Moving and insightful poem, Chuck. Keep up the good work.