don't mention the war
   never mind the what for
   or the mad reasons why
   don't scream and don't cry
   you have a shrapnel limp
   forget the jeers of gimp
   you almost died in a trench
   mud stopped blood in a pinch
   now you're blind in one eye
   half the tears you must cry
   half the horrors you see
   now you can be half free