This past Memorial Day I had my father-in-law (Vietnam vet) come over for some beers and burgers and he shared this poem with me. I figured it might be worth it to get out there to the world, maybe it resonates with others. I don't know. For some context he was a captain in the Army and flew Cobras in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Its pretty bleak but he is in a good place now-a-days.
> If it moves ... kill it! > > > TO THE PUBLIC..."YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND!!!" > > By "Father in Law" > > Sometime latter part 2017- > > beginning of 2018 > > > "We are the damned!!! FFZ's will send us to Hell!!" > > I didn't come back for this...don't you understand? > I didn't come back for "thank you for your service". > > > WHAT!!!? … > > Liars mouthing bullshit! > Why you fuck'n nervous? > I didn't return to forgive your cowardly fuck'n sins > I'll just tell you, "it pisses me off!!", > Where do I begin?!! > > > Should I say > > "Oh thank you sir or ma'am!.. > > Hi! > We're the boys you sent to die!! > > > We're back with a kinda fuck'n crazy anger! > Are you afraid to hear our angry fuck'n candor?! > > > I didn't come back for crying > I didn't come back for lying > I tell the brutal truth so just stay fuck'n clear! > Oh, pardon my holy ass and give me another fuck'n beer! > > > FuckU, it's how I think and act… > > every fucking day, > living out my life > > in no fuck'n special way! > > > I went across the ocean > into the jungles deep! > killing without emotion! > nightmares in drunken sleep! > > > Flew up in the mountains, they killed us everyday! > Living in the compounds drinking my life away! > > > Killing, living, and dying, all for a manufactured truth! > We came back old and haunted; all without our youth!!! > > > Forever changed we wear a mask...A mask of twisted hate... > For this we slowly lose our minds...It's our designated fate > > > We are your hidden sins...your sins of fuck'n disregard... > Safe at home kept you so clean… > > your fuck'n little mind unscarred! > > > I didn't come back for this...don't you understand? > > > I scream out my pain n' anger every fuck'n day! > My love is always stranded, no one will ever stay! > I live my life alone with longin
... keep reading on reddit ➡
