Shunted back home, grey-faced
from war's front come tired men,
longing to be understood.

To start life again in same roads
full of faces they fought to save
needs no password of proof.

Veterans brave clapping crowds,
with traffic compounding stress,
in heads addled already.

Minds slowly engage, befuddled
and sunk still in battle ground din
the norm feels unsteady.

Note how killing fields maim lads     
who in their unwinding stay mute
about those lost in pain.

May homesters remember "effect
follows cause" so hope cruel wars
never happen again.