#vetren

[just-wanna-travel]

Srebarna Nature Reserve, Bulgaria

[nomadelevenbravo]

Prepping for the battles of the day

[attaegina-blog]

[homelessismyname-blog]

WHAT DO I HAVE?

I go for surgery tomorrow.

I am a Vet,

    was given medals.

Now I sleep in the rain and snow,

     under street lights,

        where I hear others cry

          in the night,

           see them beaten

              while they sleep.

I fill my cart with bottles and cans.

I give respect,

       but receive none.

Is this what fighting for my country brings?

Was I carrying out

        God’s wrongful mission?

God is kindness, love and peace.

War is hate, hell and homelessness.

Where is my family,

       friends, country?

What do I really have?

N O T H I N G

[mysterpoetrywriter-blog]

Never recited

The words of the lost

are never recited

dead soldiers and victims

their words not recited

the words never spoken

the words never said

the words that will never

get to float in your head

the words that explains

everything in Vietnam

can never be said

because the soldiers are dead.

The words of the lost

are never recited

dead soldiers and victims

their words not recited

[itsteenslikeyou-blog]

i met a man today-

he was sitting in the waiting room of the pharmacy at the VA Hospital. he told me he had MS, and went on to talk about it a little bit. he talked about how he saw all these people on tv, in wheelchairs and what not, and then he said something i'll never forget. after he said something about how they have medicine they've never had before he looked at me and said:

"i'll probably end up in a nursing home, ugh.. i'd shoot my brains out. someone hand me the gun before that ever happens...."

i'll never forget that. every one complains about their lives, everyday. what about this man? he served for our country, and ended up having MS, in a little while he won't be able to do anything for himself.. he won't be able to walk. have you have you ever thought about what it'd be like not to be able to walk..? well that man has.. and it seemed like it terrified him. just for him- i hope they some up with a cure fast, so that he can enjoy his life longer. poor guy.... but it was crazy how open he was about it.