Halfway
They took a loan of not money but men,
trying not to stutter i ask my brother when
Ten months he says
Promise?
Do you promise to return to me
Because until you do the bill will be paid
with my distraught heart
from which this grenade of news had brought
He promised.
They extend his tour.
How much does my heart have to endure
until it can be content
From ten to fourteen months,
amen to morphine drugs
i can be numb in this hell of a nightmare
or is it too late,
have i already fallen into this dreadful fate
And yet i’m drowning in my feelings
with the crowding of my dreaming, screaming
CAN’T
YOU
JUST
COME
HOME
But you are halfway around the world,
and my heart is only halfway healed