a soldier coming home <br />he gets off the bus and looks around <br />families are being reunited <br />and lovers are kissing <br />all are unfamiliar faces. <br />he grabs his bag <br />and goes to the nearest payphone. <br />soon a cab pulls up and takes <br />him to a motel. <br />he has no one to welcome him <br />and no place to call home. <br />as he lays his head down to sleep <br />a tear slides from his cheek to a pillow <br />he feels so alone. <br />he doesn’t realize <br />that a thousand miles away <br />there’s a girl crying. <br />wishing she had been there <br />to welcome him home. <br />Home from the war. <br />1-02-07 <br />by shannon flanders<br /><br />shannon wright<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-soldier-comes-home-home-from-the-war/
