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Safe In Our Beds

Diminished
but ennobled,
the soldier came home
his two limbs
traded for the
sanctuary
of a deeper peace

Broken
in completeness,
his braces held proud
each battle
medaled
in the memory
-of his finest hour

(The New Room: November, 2021)


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Safe In Our Beds

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