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Through The Battle

Through The Battle

I came through the battle

Blood streaked and scarred

The landscape of my mind

Now and forever marred

You can’t unsee war’s scene

You can’t un-hear it’s sound

The warrior forever changed

Just for standing their ground

Do others see their valor

Do they recognize their heroic frame

Or do they simply think,

“They’re just not the same”

Can one fight this bloody war

And not be changed forever more

T’is impossible to face the foe

And not be dealt a mighty blow

But the wounded warriors that you see

Are still the people that we used to be

Just limping now as we walk along

Toughened by war but not always strong

And you may think as you observe

“They are so easy to rattle”

But we are forever soldiers now

Because we came through the battle