MEN AND WOMAN WHO - RETURNED!

They sit with each other - talking
No longer chasing - being chased
Now closer than all of that
They sat - some with limbs missing
Some no faces - what once been faces
Now resembled roar - meat - looking tender
Others - minds shattered - broken
They had returned - from war - not in one piece
But in pieces - all the same

Thus - such huddled gropes been observed - over the years
Now woman being observed - among them

ken d williams

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Poetry by ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-12-29 at 16:09

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Such a touching observation of what is left when the things that people hoped for, and the futures they imagined for themselves, are destroyed. I love the line: "But in pieces - all the same."
2016-01-10


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Quite sad Ken. It reminds me of my mother taking me to meet ANZAC veterans.
2016-01-04



War and it's experience can be the great equalizer. What they share is bigger than their differences. Nicely done.
2015-12-29