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I AM A MAN
You have hope and faith; mines are in their graves
My actions, to you, may seem depraved
Disengaged from many things I use to enjoy
Feeling dejected and apathetic without a ploy
Deployed my troops in boots to countless wars
Battle fatigued from going on consecutive tours
Unable to restore flames to torches once illuminated
Consumed by darkness and that's not debated
Elated that my wife's tumors aren't malignant
Impending surgery and we'll get through it
Energy is spent on these trials and tribulations
Wondering what next will enter the equation
A mathematician couldn't calculate the sum
Toll has me feeling anesthetized and numb
Yet, my drum's still beating in my marching band
Won't become a defeatist 'cause I AM A MAN
My actions, to you, may seem depraved
Disengaged from many things I use to enjoy
Feeling dejected and apathetic without a ploy
Deployed my troops in boots to countless wars
Battle fatigued from going on consecutive tours
Unable to restore flames to torches once illuminated
Consumed by darkness and that's not debated
Elated that my wife's tumors aren't malignant
Impending surgery and we'll get through it
Energy is spent on these trials and tribulations
Wondering what next will enter the equation
A mathematician couldn't calculate the sum
Toll has me feeling anesthetized and numb
Yet, my drum's still beating in my marching band
Won't become a defeatist 'cause I AM A MAN
Published 7th Oct 2020
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7th Oct 2020 9:31pm
Keep your head up dude, this piece speaks greatly of your character. Extra tight dude
8th Oct 2020 1:21am
8th Oct 2020 5:48am
Powerful and affirmative statement Damon.
Hope all goes well at home and that eventually everything that's going around will get better.
Thank you for sharing.
Hope all goes well at home and that eventually everything that's going around will get better.
Thank you for sharing.
8th Oct 2020 1:10pm
Powerful and insightful message I hear you loud and clear respect brother poet 👊👊👊👁
21st Oct 2020 6:17pm
Are you okay? (You're missing in the chess world and that makes me worry something bad is happening--don't get sick!)I love this poem--ver means man in Latin and you have veritas (truth) first and foremost. But you must remember the part that God gives is both hope and mercy--so many love you for that. Yes--a man, because you persevere (per means through, ver is man--you go through things like a man. An exceptional one, I'd say.
