This poem depicts some of my internal struggles as a veteran, depicting feelings that I had no control over at that time – especially while exploring my fear of change.
I keep putting bricks on the wall in my head,
Keeping in the pain, sadness, darkness and loneliness.
Scared to break it down, to let it all go,
Fear of the unknown and whom I will become.
Will I love the new person I see in the mirror, or
Will I be worse than ever?
I won’t ever know unless the wall is broken
And I face the fear,
A fire burns deep inside, ready to rage
And in those roaring flames I must rise.
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