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Survivor's Guilt
By DeafSoldier
When I left to fight
I was seventeen.
When I returned
I was nineteen
I wasn't innocent anymore.
When I got back home
I was greeted with parades
I was greeted by thankful people
But I felt empty, my innocence forever lost.
I can't get the scenes out of my head
My dying friends, I can see them
Moaning for their mothers, as the shells screamed
I can still see their faces of agony.
When I walk, i limp
As a result of shrapnel
During the barrage that killed my friends
I remember that day, I lost my youth.
I saw them moaning, screaming, bleeding
I see them when I sleep
Their pained expressions, as they slowly died.
Why didn't I die too?
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Copyright 2013 DeafSoldier
Published on Thursday, August 22, 2013.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
Author's Note:
One of the leading causes of suicide in the military is PTSD.Comments on "Survivor's Guilt"
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A former member wrote:
i'm starting to dig you man
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On Friday, August 23, 2013, FadedBlues
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wrote:
...nicely done. you're never the same after you've been thru it...
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A former member wrote:
I like the way you painted a picture in my mind of what happend and described how survivors guilt feels I enjoyed it
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