Depression Veterans Day Poems

They are out selling the poppies
In this run up to Remembrance Day
But they’ve confused Remembrance
With doing things the cheap way.

When I joined the colours I...

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She walks ancient canyons 
twisted steel monolithic spires.
Racing high her memory clouded 
gray sky leadened in pain.
Like someone quietly loosen their hair 
Let storms gather...

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Two of our have gone missing today
Two guys from the corps sad to say
The demons they have are strong
Lets get these guys back where they...

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Devastated at the news I've heard.
Totally shocked this is absurd
The passing of a Welsh legend
Proud to have served my butty friend.

He started his long career
As...

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As I see it there is no cure
Meds can help that's for sure
But meds can make things alot worse
Mental health is a real bad curse

The...

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Come on boys' sign your name, train them, and send them out to fight. 
Praise them once a year, let 22 die with a red...

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PTSD

My nightmares are violent;
rifle jammed frustratingly dead,
broken stock useless as a club,
only a k-bar knife and free hand
reaching for those darting figures
leaping over my fighting...

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Another month of days has passed us by
We now prepare for cold November rains
For veterans our hearts will sadly sigh
With daylight savings time some sun...

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PTSD

As a veteran like those before
Many of us have seen war
Injuries invisible to the naked eye
In our mind we ask ourselves why

With all the bad...

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The Truth Behind A Smile

Your used to strength that can break a thousand walls,
strength that wins no matter who calls.
You stand and fight for its...

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The date
July Twenty Eight
The year, 1914
The War which we feared 
It began, something we could not foresee
This date, still haunters me
To this very day
Those bewailing...

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An American Warrior 
please tell me why if you can
the reason I don’t have a right hand
my right leg is missing as well
all I can...

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