Day 2: "It Came To Our Shores"

Somebody waited until
after the start of the Libyan Revolution
after the earthquake
after the tsunami
after the nuclear threat
after the mile-wide tornadoes
to wake the turtles
sprawled out in their dark refuge

Somebody waited with similar care
after forensics
after presidents were notified
to look square in the camera and say
justice has been done

Somebody, with shock and awe,
pulled the trigger which freed the tortured soul from the torturous ego
the horrific mind from its self made cruel world

Somebody said we didn't choose this war
it came to our shores
and that with extraordinary courage
united in our reslolve
we took custody of his finally dead body

Our One American Family
with the fabric of our faith at times
frayed
today agrees there is a Hell
to pay for
the empty chair at the table

This morning
after a long winter
the turtles will drink in the spring
they'll swim all summer and eat all fall
to find their boxes once more in some caring one's garage

Somebody once said we'll always have war
He never said why.