Wednesday's Verse - Returned from Star Battle
This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about a world being abandoned, to a science fiction poem about a hero returned from a distant war. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Returned from Star Battle Duty’s done, the stars are won, and I return, but I return alone bearing heavy news for home. Many went, returned, but one. To celebrate a victory is hard, when those who won it for the rest remain among the stars, and I, I feel will laugh no more. Gone are the bright lights from our world. Gone to where the flags are furled long after danger is dealt with and gone, they’re gone to where dead heroes roam. So I celebrate and, for you, I’ll smile. That shine within my eyes is tears, of joy and grief, for while you remember them hale and whole, I know
