Per Cod

THANKSGIVING

I thank you for the gifts I have received
For the scars on my body and in my soul
for my jumper’s knee, my shaking hands
and my messed up ear

Thank you for the sleepless nights
the demons and ghosts and frights

Thank you for the family I don’t have
for friends lost to foe or self
For allowing me to grasp, the truth that lies beyond
the truth in killing fellow man

Thank you for lifting the veil from before my eyes
clearing the lies that would cloud my mind
Lies of love and peace and so
lies that they are same as I
false claims of life, of happiness, of dreams

Thank you that these lies are no longer mine
for showing me the path
the way to live my life

Thank you for leaving me behind
for leaving me in peace
to contemplate, reflect and to ponder
on life’s endless wonder
on what would be, if not for me
in his orphaned daughter’s life
and of his widowed wife

Thank you for setting me free
for teaching war to me
for placing my finger on the trigger
for making me see this picture so much bigger

Thank you for showing me the Truth

Thank you