A Mother's Teardrop

her tears stained the paper after reading the article from the pentagon on how her son was killed in the line of duty by friendly fire by another soldier guarding a watch tower placing metals and flag in hands she endlessly stares at her son's picture wearing his dressed blues on the old piano and unwraps the flag and places over her shoulders chanting his name over and over again her husband helps her to her feet and leads her out the door for their next visit to his marked tombstone Tribute To Armed Forces Inspired by a sister site Swamp Challenge To Start Poem Using Her Tears Stained The Paper