“Binding the Broken”

“Binding the Broken”

There’s been no bugle
Rounding up the souls to fight
At dawn--
But the roar has beleaguered
The heart of those left behind
To warn—
To shout the pain picking
Shards and shafts of life
At night—
And quenching insanity’s
Act behind the pledge of allegiance
For Life.

The hymn between the tears
Thunders faith beyond the steel
That stormed—
The hideous combustion blown
Into the face of routine,
Our norm—
And the flames of infamy that burn
Above the stunned, those drawn to
Kneeling form—

Still the lives of millions do not halt,
They stand firm toward another day
That shines—
Turning up stone, concrete’s weight,
Seeking, knocking and finding
God’s line—
Answers to questions never asked
But found between the rubble of
This crime—

The bugle of freedom has called
For Tomorrow to descend in Love’s
Promise—
For one more child to sing strong
America’s constitution with angels
Chorus—
And though more hearts may break,
More lives be taken back Home
At worse—


We are neither alone nor dethroned
By hate—
We are destined to rise again
By faith—
For America will not forger nor
Forsake—
The God of heaven and earth
That Saves!