Not words of duty
but words of belonging heal
the veteran within

#VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay #Hope #Welcome #Belonging #Remember #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #QuietHonor #PoetryOfService

Wow,(the 1 who didn't speak about it, went in w/his siblings at 15yrs old, ost 1 brother in Africa,the other went back to Philly after the war.
One day I was sitting with him,my Gran's had an appointment+he told me about his childhood,then the war,being in the Navy,+the purple heart.
#QuietHonor