This is a "Group Poem" composed by several members of the IWVPA, so it will probably continue to grow as more verses are added. TPW
Scars of War
Long after the war has ended
physical and emotional scars remain.
The lives that we have lived
can never be the same
The scars of war run deep,
as a tattoo upon the heart
Of old battles and brothers
who can never be forgot
And the scars that can't be seen
are the ones that hurt the most,
for they are impossible to treat
and are the reality of war's cost.
Though scars are healed wounds,
In the mind they seem to ache,
For there in thoughts consumed,
They keep the brain awake,
Hidden within the innermost soul
are reminders of sacrifices untold,
that throb for those who were left behind –
these cicatrices on the mind.
The extended climacteric festering,
Of the wound that does not heal,
Influences the body's chyle,
And rest from sleep doth steal.
The Vietnam Memorial
Lists all those who died.
But those that came back
Were hurt too.. deep down inside.
For spite, scorn and indifference
Leave scars that are real;
And those wounds to the Spirit
Take a long, long time to heal.
We are the Children of Veterans who have survived
The Scars of War we can not hide
They live deep inside among us all
We have suffered our Veteran
Fathers' silences way to long
We live to tell their stories and pass them on.
I am a Daughter of War, My Father I have given to Mars
His war is my war and his memories are my memories
He carried his scars in his mind as well as on his body
I carry his pain and his grieving for those he left behind
His Scars of war that cannot be seen,
His Scars of war that will not heal
my Scars of his war that must someday heal
I know the hurt and pain they feel
The scars of war take time to heal
The names on the wall are hard to see
Through tears and pain caused by things unseen
We all have scars though we know not why
But I can feel the pain they all feel inside
© 20 Sep 2002
Lloyd P. "Snake" Arender
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