Welcome Home
good soldier,
one more bullet in the war.
Come on,
closer,
let me show you what you’ve done.
Inspired by us
to react to
every single tragedy,
we marched you
right into the city
and burned it down.
Thank you,
young man.
You took the torch
and spade
and dug us deep holes
to bury all the bodies.
No right,
no care.
Only this thing within you
that we put there,
so useful to those of our order.
Imagine this,
the same things, too.
Happening to you
and everyone you love.
Guess what?
That’s what we’ve been doing
at home
while you’ve been gone.
Raze your home to the ground.
Family all dead or imprisoned.
Thank you for your sacrifice
and making all this possible.
This,
most holy vision.
Welcome home.
HG – 2021
