Explaining Afghanistan to My 7 year old

by Matthew Borczon / October 11th, 2015

If it
was a
nursery rhyme
I would
tell you
that I
was not
the egg
who had
a great
fall but
I was
one of
the kings
horses or
one of
the kings
men who
could not
put him
back together
again so
my eyes
were filled
with tears
and my
hands covered
in yolk
when I
came home
with egg
on my
face and
no country
to call
my own.

Matthew Borczon recently retired from the United States Navy reserve after 20 years of service. He has published 17 books of poetry; the most recent PTSD a Living Will is available through Rust Belt Press. He is married with 4 children Read other articles by Matthew.

This article was posted on Sunday, October 11th, 2015 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.