Both turned 28 Today

Both turned 28 today

She is with family and birthday cake

He’s on the front lines of the war

She makes a wish and blow out candles

He’s hunkered down cold and tired

She imagines better times 2013 high school

For the twelfth year I’m in classroom with family

She knew him since first grade they stay
With the same class 1 to 12

She arranges high school reunion

The last class that graduated without war

They come together but two are missing

Yaroslav and Andrii can’t get away from the bullets

She talks to Andrii on zoom on the front

She asks what he signed up for

I signed up for freedom first of all

Being free to talk to you

Being free to drive anywhere

Being free to is having Wings

She asks what’s your dream

 He looks up eyes dart back and forth

Says he doesn’t know if he’ll wake tomorrow

It’s hard to dream doesn’t know what to say

He says he dreams he’d wake up

Like this war didn’t happen

She texted Yaroslav he says he might make the party he doesn’t know yet

Last words she heard from him

He’s 5 days past his 28th birthday

Family now has to plan a funeral

How can so many treat life so trivial

Why do we fight wars

Why do we kill ourselves

Why can’t we all have Wings