One Of  Many Over Time

He was a good bloke , worker and a dad
He always did his best-
But then his name on a long list
Along with of others to go pass a test-
Christmas was not far away
They could not have picked a worse time-
To send him away from home far away
They said for his country to walk the line-
Sent away to fight someone else's war
Away from loved ones and his home-
He was then still a young man with dreams
And a family of his own-
The longest time he was away
Doing what and all he was told to do-
Every day not far from living hell
With all that he went through-
Eventually he was ill and almost broken
So they then after all sent him home-
He arrived back a different man
And almost skin and bone-
He had been hurt so very badly
And not the man he used to be-
His mind , body and his soul  
Was now going through such misery-
No body at home knew what he'd seen
And what he over there had to do-
He had been robbed of a beautiful life
His family robbed of husband and father too-
He sat looking into space all of the time
Still upon a spinning merry go round-
Killing himself slowly sad of heart
No peace for him now could be found-
His loved wife had met another man
His children thought that he was dead-
He came back to all of this
Now a war still raged within his head-
What this war had done to him in every way
Was the worse thing that could be-
The war might now be over but
For him from it he will not ever be free-
Now he sits alone without a home
And folks walk past and simply never know-
What this man had done for home and country
And all he lost in doing it all it's so-
Christmas is on it's way again
But things are ever so different now for him-
All he ever loved had been taken away
And life now was worse than grim-
He was just one of many many over time
This story true but too often over time-
Lives totally destroyed and thrown away
For reasons way less than divine-

( A poem for all those I come across
      from time to time )  


Terrence Michael Sutton
copyright 2008

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