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WELCOME HOME SOLDIER,

YOUR TOUR OF DUTY IS OVER.

THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR ME,

THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY.

YOU CAME HOME WITH MANY SCARS,

AND THERE IS A FEW MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER SEE,

THE HARDEST ONE TO LIVE WITH IS PTSD.

MOST WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE NIGHTMARES,

OR THE CRIES YOU CALL OUT IN YOUR SLEEP,

THEY WILL NEVER SEE THE TEARS THAT YOU WEEP.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BOOTS ARE HARD ONES TO FILL,

THEY DON'T KNOW THE HELL YOU GO THROUGH,

I AM SORRY TO SAY SOLDIER THEY NEVER WILL.

THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO GET ON THAT PLANE,

KNOWING THAT EVEN IF YOU MAKE IT BACK YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THAT SAME.

MOST WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE MADE,

OR FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PRICE YOU HAVE PAID.

JUST BELOW THE SURFACE IS A PAIN THAT MOST WILL NEVER SEE,

THEY WILL NEVER KNOW THE HELL OF PTSD.

THEY SAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE IT HOME, YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES,

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WAKE UP AT NIGHT LOOKING FOR YOUR GUN.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE MEMORIES OF WAR THAT CLOUD YOUR BRAIN,

OR THAT YOU DRUNK WAY TO MUCH TO NUMB THE PAIN.

AND EVEN THE ONES THAT LOVE YOU,

NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THAT PTSD HAS DONE TO YOU.

OR THAT YOU SOME TIMES REGRET THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE,

BECAUSE IN THE CASUALTIES OF WAR, NEITHER SIDE HAS REALLY WON.

BECAUSE I LOVE SOMEONE WITH PTSD,

AND I WOULD NOT WISH THIS HELL ON MY WORST ENEMY.

WELCOME HOME SOLDIER,

I KNOW FAR TO WELL, YOUR TOUR OF DUTY IS NEVER REALLY OVER.

© WANDA FAITH DANIELLE LOHRMEYER-EITZMANN