Separation

There I stood in a crowded room A room with thousands of others waiting Waiting for their loved ones to arrive All were anticipating the moment The moment the first man or woman walked through the doors The doors of separation Separation of husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, brothers and sisters As the doors opened They opened the sound of applause that could be heard for miles beyond Beyond the applause were tears Tears that have been built up for many months Sometimes months without any communication between them and their families Families, including mine, in that one room started searching for their very own American hero American heroes dressed alike So alike it might have been difficult to tell them apart without noticing their face Within a few seconds soldiers located their families Their families greeted them with hugs and kisses Kisses that meant more now than before Before I knew it my hero was walking my way Away for so many months I still recognized him easily He hugged me and I hugged him He and I were both in tears Tears running down our faces Faces that were once separated by cities, states, oceans, and even countries It was an amazing feeling The feeling you get when you know your family is a whole again Again the day will come where they have to go back Go back to defending our country, defending our freedom, and even defending us The doors of separation were no longer No longer would there be separation Separation of husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, brothers and sisters For Now