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Under the Crisp Uniform (Updated)
Medals and ribbons adorn my chest like old steamer trunk stickers
showing where and when I deployed around this vast troubled globe
Baby blue eyes sparkle from a face weathered by age and duty
still able to run a quick three miles each day before breakfast
A gray and worn patriot doing all he was asked for beloved country
twice to war, strolling between the landmines, truly risking it all
Sadly the bloodiest battles raged inside, fought with silencers
triumphing over nicotine, alcohol, bipolar, and even suicide
This broken warrior poet, a truly flawed Renaissance Man
blessed to know redemption and to survive deepest betrayal
While I've faced death, great failure, and my own darkest nature
my greatest fear remains, ultimately becoming a tired old cliché
Still, looking back at it all, I have no real regrets to reveal
having truly lived my life and not been just a mere spectator
As the sun now sets on three decades of salutes and sacrifice
I tearfully close this war torn chapter and begin to pen the next
(Entered in the contest "Bragger's Ball")
showing where and when I deployed around this vast troubled globe
Baby blue eyes sparkle from a face weathered by age and duty
still able to run a quick three miles each day before breakfast
A gray and worn patriot doing all he was asked for beloved country
twice to war, strolling between the landmines, truly risking it all
Sadly the bloodiest battles raged inside, fought with silencers
triumphing over nicotine, alcohol, bipolar, and even suicide
This broken warrior poet, a truly flawed Renaissance Man
blessed to know redemption and to survive deepest betrayal
While I've faced death, great failure, and my own darkest nature
my greatest fear remains, ultimately becoming a tired old cliché
Still, looking back at it all, I have no real regrets to reveal
having truly lived my life and not been just a mere spectator
As the sun now sets on three decades of salutes and sacrifice
I tearfully close this war torn chapter and begin to pen the next
(Entered in the contest "Bragger's Ball")
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