General Poetry posted September 26, 2024

Retired Marine; retired high school teacher; married 38 years; father of three; five grandchildren; one rescue granddog, and Shadow.

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Coming Home

Digging out bodies from rubble,

Beirut brought me close to death;

calling home at three a.m.

I waited with bated breath --

but no one answered.

Reaching home at midday,

locked out of my empty home;

neighbor brought me my son

abandoned and left here alone.

Calling the neighbor to find you,

told that you had two lovers;

being abused seemed to suit you

just wanted to leave me for others.

Divorced you in absentia,

kept our son you left behind;

dealt with single parenting,

while PTSD rattled my mind.

Now it's forty years later,

our son's kids grown and gone,

I never hear anyone speak of you,

I don't know where you belong.

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