Misfire

by HarryT

The author has placed a warning on this post for violence.

Gun to his head
Pulled the trigger
Misfire

Failure
With old friends
Misfire

Pills don’t work
Therapy’s a joke
More misfires

No one comes to visit
They say he's crazy
“Oh, he went to war”

What’s wrong?
Can’t talk, can’t listen,
Explosions in his head

Bullets rake
Nighttime shakes
Mind cracks and aches

What’s wrong?
He needs another song
No one seems to help

In Afghanistan
Was able to sleep
At home no escape

Wife’s cheatin with a
Once best friend
Life he had is waste

He ain’t no longer him
Angry, out of control
“Damage vet” they say

He can’t get rid of faces of
Fated buddies who’ll
Never come home

Shadows of men he killed
Husbands, fathers, brothers
Marching pounding in his head

He thinks if killed over there
Honor and a 21 gun salute
Would have been his

Can't take it anymore
this time, he resolves
there will be No Misfire

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A soldier returns, his old life gone.

Misfire

by HarryT

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