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Facing my ghost


From  wakey wakey. to a sound of a Last Post,
I  face my fears,   plagued by a distant ghost,
The hidden ghost of pain, haunts my wretched past,
Unseen but this spectre a long shadow does it cast.

Did I survive? I ask, was it all put down to fate,
Or a bitter twist of irony, the sacrifice of my mate,
His suffering  may have ended there, shared also by his foe,
But my hell continues to follow me, no matter where I go.

I'll not talk of many things, I have done in my youth,
And never put my family through knowing the  horrific truth,
They must never ever know, what happened in that land,
My eyes beheld a sight that only God could understand.

I've long lost how to dream, on guard for many years,
Lost my faith in fellow man, to help me face my fears,
A universal warrior, for a cause I knew was right,
My battle is to free myself, from this eternal fight.

If it comes from within, that internal meaning of peace,
I know I need to free the controls, give my feelings release,
Allow someone close, before I wither and die,
Find the meaning of peace before my life drifts by

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