This is sad, but also beautiful, @warpedpoetic!

Several of your lines really touched me:

That was lost when guns poked holes
Between ribs and patriotic zeal.

This broken boy pressing khaki pants,
Seeking to find a man
Among bullet torn soil and bleeding bodies?

You have a talented way with words.

I've upvoted and resteemed this article as one of my daily post promotions for the @mitneb Curation Trail Project. It will be featured in the @mitneb Curation Trail Project Daily Report for 26 JAN 2018. I'm following you now, too.

Cheers!