Midnight Message

A few random thoughts before the weekly grind

A gecko's crawling up my wall 

Chasing after roaches

I scratch my cat under her chin

My mouse pad she encroaches 

My girlfriend's drifting off to sleep 

I guess I'll join her soon

We have to go to work tomorrow 

So we can't sleep till noon 

The daily grind of peace time life

has it's precious moments

Civilian life's a constant strife

Takes lots of adjustments 

Though I'm not the suicide type

I know why veterans crack 

We were the s**t when we were there 

We're nothing when we're back 

No I'm not a suicide type

My motto's simple hymn 

Hajji couldn't f*****g kill me

I'm not doing it for him 

Author's Note

Words to live by. Literally

Reviews

[A. Amos]

You always share brutal honesty in your poetry...keep writing my friend this would help you to stay in right mind of state!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Amos

[R Smith]

well said Baby, we hear a lot these days about soldiers returning from war and suffering to readjust its a sad thing that the ones so happy to send them to kill or be killed can't find a way to help them after, if they expect them to face death then nothing is to little to give back.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks Richard

[AYVID N]

Sometimes it takes more grit to get through a day of mundane life than to live through a day of fierce battle. Routine is killing. My way of looking at it..."Same s**t, Another day!"

A well thought poem on the resilience needed to get through everyday life, especially for those who have been in a war.

[Baby Ricochet]

After a life in the military, particularly if you were deployed into a combat situation for a long period of time as I was, civilian life, besides being boring, has no direction, no purpose and no sense of urgency. In the corps you had to have your s**t together all the time, not only was it expected if you didn't you could get Marines killed. After that civilian life is like, "this is it? Man this blows.

[AYVID N]

I understand soldiers get almost addicted to the thrilling and challenging side of military life and the feeling that so much is riding on you. Then waking up to the same four walls in a quiet room everyday can be quite depressing. Must be a tough call.

[Ink Seductress]

I love this piece it holds a lot of truth

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Niyia