Sand,
nothing but sand.
Scattered with tanks and tents;
Shattered in the days to come.

450,000 Americans ripped
from families and homelands,
stand tall to defend
International Law.

Twenty eight nations unite
against one man's lunacy.
But despite rallies
for peaceful solutions,

"We have no choice."

The bombs begin to speak
the language
our determination-
destruction upon contact.

Four-color photos
of the horrors of war
once again invade the living
rooms of our country:

An Israeli child
suffocates in her gas mask;
Allied prisoners’,
defiant heads hang in fear;
Iraqi bodies
surface from crumbling concrete.

For one brief moment,
the world is one--
united by devastation,
committed to right the wrong.

Stars and stripes
salute the brave,
yellow ribbons comfort the helpless
and hope sustains us all.

Hope--
always hope.
Scattered with prayers and fears;
shattered by the realities of war.