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"Veteran Eyes"   5 - 5 - 03



i have wandered through the days

wearing a distant and  hollow gaze

as i watched the world through my eyes

slipping past me, never answering why

did it steal all the joy from this life

and dangle the threatening, jagged knife

that holds my heart in a perilous grip

the ulcers, the strain, the ghastly trip

my soul has wavered under the stress

changing the innocent to a wretched mess

hollowing the once vibrant and strong

leaving only us, the empty and young

victims of the luck of the draw

we all drew the shortest straw

and were left with this hellacious creation

a never-ending ride of mortal damnation

but even now in the back of my mind

i ask my self so many countless times

is there a hope, a cure for this ill

is there a magical healing pill

that could cure all the woes of this soul

somehow mend and seal this gaping hole

but i know the answer is far away

watching, through these eyes, the fade of another day...