It's not pride...
but sadness I see
Minds caged...
yearning to be free
Feeling alien...
even amongst their own
Guilt and shame...
self-loathing has sown
Bewildered...
by a world gone insane
Facades failing...
to disguise their pain
It's not pride...
but sadness I see
Minds caged...
yearning to be free
Feeling empty...
without a hand to hold
Hearts sever...
as another family folds
Feather beds...
replaced by concrete floors
The Marching Dead...
lost souls displaced by war
It's not pride...
but sadness I see
Minds caged...
yearning to be free
No wounds visible...
damaged deep inside
Lives destroyed...
some parade, some hide
Wreaths are laid...
but not their ghosts
Tears fought back...
drowned in drunken toasts
It's not pride...
there's only sadness I see
Minds caged...
by Combat P.T.S.D.
© Debbie Razey 2016
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