Beauty Fraught

I was a soldier, but never sure

of those things I was

charged to do

 

I was asked to fight

pick up helmet and gun

men dying around me I knew

 

The places I’ve been

and the things I’ve done

all eclipse the known profane

 

Now with beauty fraught

I lock the gate

—inside this prison I remain

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)

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