when i took the oath
i agreed to be expendable
can't blame anybody but myself
nightmares
night sweats
cronic fatigue
insomnia
anxiety
panic
depresion
aching bones
muscles
headaches
memory loss
chronicaly progresively
physicaly
mentally
aging too fast
the price for freedom
i took the oath
A happy family thats what i wish for
on a happy home
depresion compels my thoughts to diception
Guilt and sorrow embraces in moment of anger
some times i think of my self a an unloved person
Hey anything its better than a destroyed family
I praise to the lord for a better day,for a better night
I praise for a united family.
I can recall that night,
so vividly, still...
The salty ocean air on the
tip of my tongue
as Atlantic winds blew her
ever closer to me;
and her scent-
a blend of seaweed and sand,
it whispered secrets to me
(so vile)
I dare not speak them aloud,
as I stood there,
perched on weathered wood,
gazing out to where sands
meet swamp and
give birth to my city;
Oh, the wretched beauty!
The glory of a home
only seen under
pressure of pending doom...
I knew, then,
that I would never stand again,
on those hallowed, hoodoo
shores of silt to see:
the forests that sprang forth from brackage,
the rainbow rays as the sun slipped away,
or the fishes that flowered
in the cypress...
Authors Note:
In the cypress forests in the swamps, fish feed on the tiny bugs that float on top
of the water. In the spring, there is an abundance of these bugs and as a result
you can see hundreds of fish jumping up out of the water in a feeding frenzy at
dusk. The way they jump up and splash back into the water reminded me of
flowers blooming.
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