the black and white
untold truths about war
has tarnished
my stainless-steel life
as another senseless
red-colored death
falls sharply
from the brazen arms
of an arrogant
cold-hearted rebel

I dreamt of
a peaceful blue
co-existence-
and I gave myself
a false illusion
that the war was over-
when our own soldiers
became prey
to the dense
black mastermind
of human deceit

the shiny lavender hearts
of honor-bound men
defend us far from home
when the somber grey moods
of repugnant suicide bombers
leave behind...
a crimson trail
of innocent people-
and they are buried
along with...
those dark
unresolved hatreds

and then...
my own mothers love
can never replace
this dark hopeless feeling
of loss
and I read it
again....
a soldier's death

and I have become...
caught up
strapped and bound-
by the dismal colors of war