Veteran shares in poetry.
John Breska, Viet Nam veteran say sharing may be the best therapy for PTSD.
"The answers lie in sharing, for it weakens that particular enemy by exposing itself. There's an old saying which goes, "We are only as sick as our secrets."
PTSD
Separated from my squad;
a tree without a forest.
No familiar sounds bring ease
but in the silence I find fear;
indiscernible enemy
who works the battlefield of my mind.
It’s out there, it’s in here;
it shatters the glass I hold my
dreams in
and tears at those loved ones
who cannot hear my cry of pain
for these wounds do not bleed blood
and the scars hide deep beneath the surface.
Life’s journey has altered its path
but there is a map to return me to
those places where peace was my
companion
and war was a distant island.
a tree without a forest.
No familiar sounds bring ease
but in the silence I find fear;
indiscernible enemy
who works the battlefield of my mind.
It’s out there, it’s in here;
it shatters the glass I hold my
dreams in
and tears at those loved ones
who cannot hear my cry of pain
for these wounds do not bleed blood
and the scars hide deep beneath the surface.
Life’s journey has altered its path
but there is a map to return me to
those places where peace was my
companion
and war was a distant island.
John Breska 44th Scout Dog Platoon; 25th Division Viet Nam 69-70
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