HOPE

Author’s Note: Having read much of the material on the site, it I am very honoured that you would include my words in the company of so many very good poems. I am really not sure if I want to keep it anonymous or not. Part of me wants to tell, but part of me doesn’t. I guess a middle way would be to use the alias (which isn’t another soldier’s name, btw. I just panicked… seem to do that from time to time… sorry). Please change it from “Anonymous” to “Toralf”, that way I can give my buddies the link and show them how I feel (if I find the courage.).

“Words” is my reaction to everybody else’s difficulty to deal with my wounds, the conflicting feelings that sometimes tear me apart, the nightmares that wake me up at night, and the seemingly empty words of thanks from the people that sent us out in the first place.

It is very dark and gloomy, but it was followed by “Hope”