Tomorrow Comes
~~~
The adrenaline crashes
The turbines and whirling rotors
Become a numbing white noise
A drone so different than
The staccato of bullet and bomb
~~~
The iron angels have returned
Blades thumping the heavy air
Like the mighty beasts they are
Swooping from heaven to pluck us
From the hell they dropped us in
~~~
You exhale the fear
As the skids leave the ground
With eyes stung by the dust
You count heads again
Praying the number is not new
~~~
Even as the pain begins
To rack the wounds pushed too far
You suddenly feel safe
Relative to the death and destruction
Which filled your world moments ago
~~~
You are hungry, tired, dirty and scared
You are happy, proud, and thankful
You become lost in a stare out the window
Realizing the chances of seeing tomorrow
Just went up a thousand fold
~~~
And the hundred-degree heat
Cannot stave off the cold you feel
As everything drains off you
Every fear, every foe, every fight
Oozes from the wounds unseen
~~~
And there, in the arms of the angels
Your mind drifts, your eyes close
Need drives you to peaceful sleep
Not a word is spoken among us
Now that we know tomorrow comes
~~~
commonsensiblyspeaking 
I can’t even begin to encompass the emotions behind these words…. I’m sure I’m not able to feel them in their deepest truths, either. But they are melancholy with a beauty only you bring to them.
Thanks sis! See you soon!
this must be a truly life-changing and intense experience. very powerfully written.
Thank you, Beth!
I can’t imagine the sense of relief from surviving another day; you’ve captured it so well…
Thank you, Jim!
I have a much better sense of what life was like for you through your poetry. What scary times wondering if there will be a next day.
Thank you, Pete! It has certainly taught me to appreciate each day we are given.
This is one of your best (and that is saying a lot) a poem so powerful yet so vulnerable creating the beautiful images of horrific moments is a feat only an artist-poet can accomplish so brilliantly. All the best my friend,
FBC.
Thank you, Francisco! Your words mean the world to me.
You are very welcome my friend!