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Apollyon Jul 2015
spectate from cover
talk a good war. suffering
by proxy is safe
PTSD is the modern soldier's curse, the 'gift'  that keeps on giving. Those who genuinely suffer deserve our compassion and assistance. However, those who would steal the suffering of others and use it as a meal ticket are beneath comtempt. Even worse are those who use the pain of others to excuse their own misdeeds.
  Jul 2015 Apollyon
Evie Hammond
Are you sorry for things you've done?
For the violent attacks on your little son?
"It'll make you a man" that's what you said
As you kicked him and beat him around the head?
Or do you still think that it's ok
To treat your family that way?
More secrets hidden over years gone by?
Will you truly repent before you die?
Well, forgiveness to you isn't mine to give
After all your crimes do you really want to live
With the consequences of what you've done?
You blame it on trauma from carrying a gun?
But you beat your wife and you beat your kid
There's just no excuse for what you did
You hide behind your public face
Little man, you're a disgrace
You thought that this was buried in the past
But karma's a ***** and she's catching you fast
For the people you pretend to have been your brothers
Here's the kicker pal, some of us are mothers
Here comes the reckoning for what you've done
For the torture you visited upon your son
So don't blame the job for what you did
Newsflash - a warrior doesn't hit kids!
Abusers hide behind all kinds of excuses for their violence but there's really no excuse. Applies equally to men and women. Apologies to anyone this may resonate with a little too much
Apollyon Jul 2015
the raptor's talons,
dulled by time's merciless march
to dissolution
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