This is my second entry into the Artist Challenge website. The theme was The Patriot and I immediately thought of the ultimate patriot. Here is a poem that I wrote to accompany the painting:

THE ULTIMATE PATRIOT

Family left behind;

In a foreign world with no respite;

Ideological beliefs,

For which patriots are willing to fight.

Mind alterred,

By mans cruelties to one another;

Nightmares that begin there,

Will stay with the patriot forever.

You may not understand,

Why a patriot would be willing,

With prior knowledge of what may come,

To be a target the enemy is killing.

The only way to answer such a question;

If inside yourself you see,

The passion, pride, love and honor,

The patriot feels for their country.