Making my heart palpitate.
As if first time seeing the light,
Eyes can’t but dilate.
Will I be strong enough to fight?
The making of widows,
Raining fire from above.
Atrocities to make a man’s inside black hollows.
Can I deserve your love?
Trials of redemption?
Consider me a failure.
Masks of smiles the only depiction
Smirks and laughs my only hope to allure.
Brother if we share the same veil,
On me is the first pint of ale.
This was written about recognizing when my fellow Veterans need help