Homeless Veterans

What you get is what you see
Every day you pass by me
I wonder what thoughts are going through your head
When you see me lying down on my concrete bed
I can see your thoughts running through your mind
“What in the hell is this man living a life that is so confined”

Yes I know these thoughts very well
Because I thought the same way before I went to a place I call hell
You walk by and just stare
I know that you just don’t care
Well it hurts me to see you walk by me everyday
And act like you don’t even care as you hurry away

Only if you can see thing s that I’ve seen and done
Then you finally might understand where I coming from
It is a place that you will never know
But it is a place that less than 1% of America will ever go
Only if you can see thing s that I’ve seen and done
Then your thoughts might be a different one

That is a place I call hell is war
If I could have seen my future in front of me then I probably would not have joined the Corps
My life is full of memories that have turned me from being mentally strong to mentally weak
only if you could take the time to stop and speak
Then you can see what I have gone thru
To make this place a better place for me and you