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Mar 2023
They say it isn't my fault.
They say I'm not to blame.
They say I did all I could.
They say I'm...
                            A hero...

They say I fought for freedom.
They say I fought for what was right.
They say I gave more than enough,
They say I DID more than enough.

How do they know?
What could they know?
How dare they say I gave ENOUGH!
HOW DARE THEY SAY I DID ENOUGH!

I'M STILL ALIVE!
I'M STILL BREATHING!
I'M NOT A HERO!
I'm... not...

I could have saved someone...
I could've taken that shot...
I SHOULD HAVE saved someone.
I SHOULD HAVE taken that shot.

It should've been me...
Why couldn't it be me...
I failed them...
I failed everyone.

I didn't see enough.
I didn't do enough.
I didn't **** enough.
No... I wasn't enough...

I wasn't enough of a Marine.
I wasn't enough of a husband.
I'm not enough of a father.
I'm no longer human enough.

Can I be enough for once?
Can I be strong enough?
Happy enough?
Loved enough...

Someone...
                         Anyone...

I don't want to be abandoned again...
Ah... thats right...
There's not enough of me left.
No... there wasn't enough to start.

There could never be enough,
Because I started with nothing.
I could never be strong enough,
Since the foundation wasn't enough.

I thought I was enough...
But there isn't even enough
For me to dream...
I was never...
                           enough...
Sorin L Javerin
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Sorin L Javerin  25/M/USA
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