War

A poem for an article in Rinehart's class. [on the war in Iraq.]

Debates singe
The media rooms

Stay or go?
Controversy blooms

Bickering suits
Pixels on a screen

Glancing over what
Begs to be seen

Broken hearts shatter
At each knock of the door

Waiting for the uniform
News that seems too sure

One year, then two
One hundred now?

And each fatigued soldier
Wipes blood off their brow