A QUIET CHOICE
look at us... seem familiar?
armchair debate of rights and wrongs
students with signs in the streets
discussions... disagreement
... sharp... razor sharp
echoing the past
severing the cable that holds us together
dividing...
... again... ever again
young soldiers...
poised at the very brink. hearing. seeing.
distractions... angry shouts of dissent
old soldiers.
who know that distraction can mean.
... death!
decisions... many decisions to come
but only one that I can make
... and I have
I will be silently hopeful
... supportive
I will not be...
... a distraction.