Welcoming

From birth
your time, 
they say,
will come.

Your family 
excited,
the papers,
you sign.
Guns flare. 

The uncles, 
the grandads,
the fathers - 
those left - 
they say, 
your time 
will come.

You sign,
they cheer,
you fight,
they boo.
Your war 
will come. 

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3 responses to “Welcoming”

  1. Manic Sylph Avatar

    Your poetry is interesting! I really enojoyed some of the themes that you have written about. Would you like to submit some of your work for the winter issue of the Lit eZine magazine? Here’s the link

    LIT eZINE Submissions


    Happy writing!

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    1. josheiler Avatar

      Thank you! That’s so kind! I’ll send you a submission.

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