They asked
if you were
brave enough
to fight for
your country
You were
They sent you
to a foreign land
to kill people
you had never met
And possibly
die next to
someone you
had learned to love
You came home
with physical wounds
And wounds
you cannot see
Only to discover
your country
had become
the next battlefield
No foreign
enemies
this time
Now it was
paperwork
and denials
Months
spent proving
what happened to you
Again
and again
The government
that demanded
and took
everything from you
Now questions
what or if
it owes you
So you
saddle up for
another battle
This time
for the promises
made to
the person you were
Before
they sent you
to war
The first enemy
sought to kill you
The second
seeks to silence you
and keep you out of sight
Until the day
you finally become
what they
have been waiting for
One less veteran
they have to answer to