forgotten soldier
ignore the ramblings
of a layabout
a lonsome soul
darken by hardship
sacrifices
and control
he whom volenteered for war
cameback
insulted by the crowds
telling him he was a hero
these people that weren't even there
only his family;
wife and three children cared,
but the months of nightmares
it took its toll
the booze, the beatings
his wife endured; crazed hew and out of control
leave he did
with nowhere to go,
at night in the park
under dim street light
his ramblings
his tears
vapourate
into the city smog.