They hadn't wished
         from much
Yet a vow had taken
    and visions of sorrow
wouldn't travel home

Inside the passenger
    the young mind
the parents carriaged
     sound was calm still

And yet seasons couldn't
    couldn't prevent the eyes
rains would become familiar
    as his country was....

Well, his country was
     attached by windows
         to an entire world
               of differences


The father came into view first
   around the corner
       worry communicated in his powerless eyes

I held back speech, being poor

Then the child and explanation
    mother followed
        carrying his vow

At the end of the day
    when the family had nothing
        empty
             only on the way to dinner
        Back home interrupted
      by our past
          inside our country's laundry
               was outside


on the way out of the restaurant
     the mothers shirt
       read of the humane society