Kenneth Price Poet Concrete

Wounded Warrior's

They were young...so very strong...
Off to war, for which some longed!
They didn't know, what they would see..
They'd be fighting memorie's...
Wanting only...to be free!
So often alone, on cold, dark night's,
Re-living the horror...Re-living the fight's!
While those at home,who wait for their men...
Not really knowing...
Those whom they loved, could never be as before, again!
They finally return...,
Only wanting to hide...,
From terror they've known...,
From wound's...deep inside!
In trying to cope...some turn to dope...
Many more will lose, by turning to booze!
In reaching a bottom, some look to above...,
By turning to other's, sharing real love!
Healing may come, as they work through their pain..,
By lancing their wound's...
A new life they gain!
America...be caring...for all those YOU sent...,
Show us...Compassion...,
For YOU...we went!

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Skat A January 18, 2014 at 9:05 AM Kenneth, , Your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers!! Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT Kenneth Price January 18, 2014 at 10:21 AM Thnx for the kind words, a little about me,,,I am a 62 yr old Veteran,experienced a horrible event in 1974 aboard the ship I was stationed on, led a pretty rough life for many years afterwards, began to write in 1978, have worked on writing off and on since.I am dealing with PTSD, a lot of my writing is a reflection of that...also, a lot comes from years of homelessness, drug and alchohol addiction, been there, done that.I am now in recovery, wanting to bless, possibly influence others.

Anne-Lise Andresen January 17, 2014 at 7:15 AM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Kenneth- I choose your first nice poem and hope you will write many more in the future - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :) Kenneth Price January 17, 2014 at 8:15 AM Thnx for the welcome, and kind words.I have written about 100, first time posting any.Have a fine day:}