Excitement for arrival

He was excited about the arrival of his brother

from the camp 

after the war.

When his brother arrived home.

He hugged him.

It was the first hug 

he gave to him.

Without blinking his eyes,

he heard his brother's words

about the war, he had been facing for the past two months.

"There is always a gunshot, bomb blast.

The life of some fleshed human

flashed into ashes", he said without showing any emotions.

As heard from his brother,

The emotion of excitement inside him was gone.

Not gone for forever

But until the end of the war.