Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Iraqi Love Poem or Ode to my ‘Layla’

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Iraqi Love Poem or Ode to my ‘Layla’

Thousands of miles from home like sand in the wind, I moved through Iraq’s villages learning the hearts of its people as Majnun once wandered, yet the constant guiding me through rain and dust was my Leila, the radiant beacon calling me home.