Born In The Line Of Fire

I was born in the line of fire.

While my father battled in war far from home.

My mother always facing a war of her own.

A brief leave to greet his newborn child.

I broke his spirit instead of making him smile.

Right before my mother's eyes a stranger appeared.

He forget how to love.

He forgot how to care.

The war finally ended but new battles began.

He was always a soldier never a man.

Prisoners of war was what we became.

Violence not to mention acts that brought shame.

Yeah I was treated as a woman while I was child.

Something time would ever make right.

My father fought for freedom and lost his own.

He lost his sanity, compassion and more while serving his tour.

A prisoner of war.

A tortured mind.

He was one of many who returned home but was left behind.

By Robinette aka AVID