Wasted Again

 

Forlorn and hating life
The swine that feels the sudden strife
Has come and gone on tomorrows wings
Has fled this place of hopes and dreams

A time thus robbed and cant obtain
A simple freedom to sustain
When this life has payed its final debt
The reaper comes to collect

An eternity  goes by before we notice what is gone
And then we see what we couldnt see
What was there just yesterday is gone for good
A life wasted trying to get back what we never had

A single tear a cascade of weeping uncontrolled
All the past comes rushing back
The memories so hard forgotten a flood of wasted time
Wasted again in this emptiness nothing to cling to

Fear of losing the only grip obtained through constant struggle gained
Fear of dying alone without ever saying goodbye
Fear of fear and all that is misunderstood
Fear of living in this cold lonesome dingy place

A ragged man  pulls himself out of bed
Only to face another day of being alone
Only to be rejected again by those who once knew him
Only to suffer another cold night without comfort

A ragged man tries to find another meal
Only to spit on and beet down and made to go away
Only to try and stave off the pain in his emty stomach
Only to find a meager half eaten burger

A vet who risked his own life
So we could have the things hes trying to get
So we could complain if we dont like it
So we can try and change what doesnt work
Not too be spat on and made to go away

I didnt ask him to do what he did
I never knew him so what difference does it make
Im not the one who spit on him
It wasnt me who beet him down

All those it wasnt me's and I didnt do it
That has all been said before
but how many times have you passed a man on the street holding a sine that reads:    HOMELESS  DISABLED VET
                     PLEASE HELP GOD BLESS
and just passed him by without a second glance or thought of him.
You may as well have spit on him or beet him down or told him to go away.

All the what ifs and if onlys he's already asked himself
So this ragged tired man gets wasted again.

Wow 05 really

Dec 18, 2010

Author's Note

Please have at it.

Reviews

[Kenneth The Poet]

You nailed this one. It goes to show how little our government cares for our veterans. As George Carlin once said, "they want to raise live babies so they can be dead soldiers."

[Yina]

Wow that is sooo sad!! Very touching! I thought it was gonna be a drunkard poem or something but this is very touching an right to the point!

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Good message. Thought provoking. Well written.

[IceDragonOfPluto]

Very compelling write. The ones who risk their lives are the ones who allow the common man to complain about what they have while certain soldiers have nothing to complain about because they have nothing, except pain.

[Ripple of Aqua]

thrown aside is this character and still he sits there hopeful in the morning for a single penny we own.

[realmwriter]

I just hope this piece makes people think is all. I hope this will inspire people to give a damn about the man or woman they did not give a s**t about before! Tha character is me!