Submissions by poeticvsshole

My reflection highlights tribulation
The hardships and agony within this nation
My pupils cogitate
About the penury, heartaches, and strife
They dilate
In recognition of the grieving man with the misfortunate life
The one with the late wife
The one in battle
Who watched his friends fall out in combat and die
To the one stuck in the wheelchair who once thought he could reach for the sky
To that one man with the broken dream
Who lost his hope
His token to the future he once seen
And can no longer scope  
And that man...