Operation Just Cause... ...for as long as it takes
(for a mother on the other side)
She's old and wizened © Christina 5-10-00
looking like a little raisin,
with dark, fathom-deep eyes -
she says her son never came home
those dark eyes still see him
as he was then -
She sent him off with
pride and fear -
but this year -
25 years after
the end
she wishes she could hold her
son again
she says if they only found teeth
she'd know if they were his -
she says he always carried a
flute with him
she says if they only found
a broken flute with a tooth
she would know that he was gone
As it is now,
the agony of hope
crawls slowly on.
