Terms of Service

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