Mission Accomplished

The little girl

in front

of the armored

humvee.

her hands

holding

candy

out-

to the soldier,

“wad you git der,”

he smiled.

Her head

Folded-

by her arms

into-

her torso

and his hands,

folded,

kissing-

his chest.

In remembrance of:
  William Carlos William's "The Red Wheel Barrow"
 and Coalition Forces in Iraq.

For Brailey

The fireworks whistled

Red, green and orange

against pitch black.

Some spinned, some crackled.

Yours shot high,

Starlit,

Into the sky.

(In Remembrance: 1988-2005)

The Rose that Grew from the Concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet

Funny it seems but, by keepin its dreams

it, learned to breathe FRESH air

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else even cared

No one else even cared..

-by Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)