BORN AGAIN...

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BORN AGAIN...

The sun is barely up

on a new, so far baggage-free day.

A handful of us are moving across

the last abandoned paddy,

almost home.

Ahead,

nearing the first bunker,

Scottie glances at me,

a widening grin on his face.

I swivel my head

and pass it to invisible faces,

silhouetted against a blinding sun.

The moment I swivel it back,

a thunderous BOOM hits like lightening

close behind.

I don’t remember getting hurled to the ground,

attempting to crawl,

just my eyes opening on a blank screen,

as my brain reboots.

For an instant,

I’m born again,

nameless, history-less,

whereabouts unknown

The screen quickly fills

with smoke, dust,

and tiny debris

pierced by orange beams.

I feel blood seep from somewhere

and what had earlier passed for reality

suddenly returns in sound,

as the agonizing moans of briefly-forgotten brothers

jolts me to my feet.

I must find them,

I am not an only child.