Alone
She knelt in prayer. I saw her hands upon the flag’s sweet folds, shedding tears on stars upon a sea of blue.
She returns home heart-broken and alone. A scene that has repeated itself more than 1000 times at this one
cemetery since it opened on January 3, 2006. Her husband was a long-time close friend and co-worker of
more than 20 years who died as a result of service in Tikrit, Iraq.
Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery
Killeen, Texas
January 4, 2007
Uploaded on February 14, 2008