"Both Fronts of War" Inspired by A Portrait of Loyalty:

Both Fronts of War

We sent our hearts overseas

to fight a war we didn’t start

in hopes that they could end it.

News of the war

brought hope

and tragedy.

We feared for their lives,

worried they would disappear

and never return.

We didn’t worry about ourselves.

We stayed home,

doing our part

while apart from the battlefields.

But our loved ones at home

were as much at risk

as those who left.

Taken by bombs we couldn’t see

and disease we didn’t understand,

no one was safe.

And war left no family whole.


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