Broken Warriors

Broken soldiers
Splintered dreams
Huddled
The horror of now
Haunted
By the horrors of then
Scarred, sutured,
But as yet
Un-cauterized
Wounds
Forever bleeding
Into their present
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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October 25, 2023 at 11:18 AM
I wrote one about a soldier with PTSD.. and yours is on a similar line here.. you expressed it very well..
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October 24, 2023 at 8:32 PM
A good poem that causes me to worry. Some pain never goes away.
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October 24, 2023 at 8:32 PM
A good poem that causes me to worry. Some pain never goes away.
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