6.28.2005
Honor Tonight
Is your Commander-in-Chief here
and across the world?
Shores we face, remake
in their own grim image by
toppling, driving
us out.
Madrid, Istanbul, Jakarta, Casablanca, Riyadh, Bali.
See the images
Every picture is horrifying
suffering is real.
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Libya
nature exploded along a busy outside
broadcast for the world
savage acts brought closer
Najaf, Samarra, Fallujah, and Mosul.
Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, Romania, Australia, United Kingdom.
Soldiers, come home.
Come home.
Wrong, wrong, wrong,
not a day longer.
Libya, the broader Middle East, Palestinian Territories Lebanon. Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Soldier, sailor, airman, guardsman,
marine women across the globe.
I thank your fire
war falls hard on the women who left
our journey.