Broken Veterans

Broken veterans camp on this park lawn
My brothers in inscrutability
Although the sun shines their minds have long gone
Dark since they bore the brunt of destiny

They came home from where they were sent but there
Something was lost which can never be found
Again so they sleep homeless on the ground

Since they never really came home at all

They died to the world and what they fought for
Got confused as they watched their comrades fall
And if you ask them you will hear them say
Only those who were there understand war

Here they are yet they are so far away
That one despairs of ever breaking through
Except by some change from me and from you

+Steven Curtis Lance



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