Iolanda Scripca Poet Free verse

Shock and Awe, Coming Back Home

My friends come home draped in flags 
I pause at the edge of the airplane door
Facing a tunnel leading me to a muffled joy
Strangers tell me I am related to them...
I deny a woman with three kids... her kiss
My friends are slipping in trucks with flags
They are loaded and back doors explode shut...
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I wake up in a trench of blood and clean pillows
The same woman from the airport next to me
 Peacefully breathing...and I thought she was dead...
I think I am finally home, fans are not propellers
Camouflage doesn't bear swing sets in backyards
My friends' helmets, guns and boots line up in my head
Patrolling with weapons made of aluminum foil
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There is too much silence for a dead soldier walking...
I think I FEEL the kiss of the woman with three kids ...

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James Fraser February 27, 2012 at 1:50 PM Very harrowing sights seeing the doors opening and the rows of the fallen draped in their countries flag. Fine write Iolanda :)

Caroline Cécile Delacroix January 1, 2012 at 7:53 PM Dramatic and compelling write, Iolanda! So well done! Thanks for sharing and for your comments on my poetry here and on facebook. Again happy New Year, my friend! Love, Caroline.

Robert Pettit December 30, 2011 at 9:31 PM Such descriptive wording. Looks like a good job.

Andrea Dietrich December 29, 2011 at 7:11 PM by the way,how is it going these days? send me an email sometime!

Andrea Dietrich December 29, 2011 at 7:10 PM Just had to see this awesome poem again. Iolanda, this one was really touching to me!

Kim Merryman December 27, 2011 at 7:17 PM An excellent write, Iolanda! Congrats on your win! Kim

Kash Poet December 23, 2011 at 10:43 AM A strong write.I wonder where you travelled in your mind to write such a poem like this.A big congratulation to you Iolanda.Merry Christmas:(Ps:Yes a Fav!)

Bob Quigley December 22, 2011 at 8:56 AM Very deep and engaging Iolanda. A great write. Congratulations

Carol Sunshine Brown December 22, 2011 at 6:40 AM Congratulations on your super placement in Andrea's "Word Wizard's" challenge Iolanda. Love, Carol

Andrea Dietrich December 22, 2011 at 12:45 AM boy, I was just dying to know who wrote this one. And I am so happy Susan liked it as much as I did. Congratulations, Iolanda.

Charlotte Puddifoot December 17, 2011 at 6:46 AM wow, this is an impressive, hard-hitting entry for the contest, and you managed to use all ten words in their original form too :-)