So This Is What My Life Became!

I pass these momentos hanging on my Wall,

I ask myself: is this all I have accomplish in my life?

Paper, medals, frames?

The only solace I receive is terrible memories,

Memories of War, boots on the ground, jumping from Helicopters, eating canned food, bon fires for warmth.

Jumping camp every 6 hours , fighting unknown terrain!

Never sleeping, taking malaria meds, walking in wet combat boots, falling down mud slides!

Getting happy to see a Chopper, hoping it was my turn to go home !

I fought for my country, so did my father,

My life changed after all of this:

I don’t sleep at night, I cry often, my meds don’t touch my sadness .

My PTSD rules my life, I hear about new treatments for cancer and other diseases, because there’s no help for the broken, or Agent Orange exposure!

Was it worth my life to help protect my country?

Yes I am proud to have done my part, as did my father,

But has any of this helped?

My advice today for everyone is:

Live your life to the fullest because yesterday is gone and today maybe your beginning!

Bless All Who Served, alive and dead!!!