| General Poetry
posted December 8, 2024 |
A free verse
Come Home
She stands,
against a rising glow
that shines upon his face.
His uniform's
brass buttons
catch the light.
He smiles
as she tries to say
through tears, that she
is proud.
And in her, grows
the life
their love has made.
He wraps her
in his arms and leaves
his promise in
farewell.
A whispered vow,
she prays:
he will come home.
~
She grips
the wooden doorframe
as the soldier finds
the words.
From his cracking voice
falls "missing," and she
follows
to the steps.
The word invades
her body, belly swollen,
tight and low.
And to the sky
she prays:
please bring him home.
~
She lights
eleven candles–ten
for years, and one
for luck.
Too quick
it seems a decade slips
away.
She sees him
in the very smile
worn by their little
girl,
who knows, only
the soldier
in a frame.
Carried in
the candle smoke,
one wish–always
the same:
One day, she'll see
her daddy
coming home.
~
She sits
beside the window
in a worn-out rocking chair.
Her eyes, still sharp
behind the veil
of age.
Outside, the world
still moves, just as
it has, while she's
remained
stilled within
the promise he once
made.
And as her eyes
grow heavy, every
shallow breath
grows thin.
She breathes
her last for him, to say:
"Come home."
~
She wakes to light
that shines upon
a face
she used to know.
He greets her
with a smile
she knows so well.
He stands
before the gates
where he has lingered
all along,
waiting
for the moment, she'd
come home.
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