Vet's Camo


Poem

Marching through life, 
but labeled as weird,
Silent my steps, 
yet my mind’s a battlefield.

Lessons in camouflage, 
not from wars of old,
In the mind's trenches, 
stories quietly unfold.

They called me "friend" 
while branding me strange,
My thoughts a scramble, 
a language deranged.

Filtered words, 
like a Sergeant with commands,
Yet my inner voice wonders, 
can I withstand?

Tired of being 
the Xoldier who never breaks,
The Commander whose 
own foundation shakes.

Rappelling through shadows, 
I camo the pain,
Beneath this smile 
lies an emotional terrain.

Life is a battlefield, 
where joy and sorrow entwine,
Armor of smiles hides 
a loneliness I can’t define.

Camouflaged by happiness, 
still a Xoldier undone,
Weirdness my ally, 
in the battles never won.

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