TWELVE STEPS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS. Step 9 (Forgiveness & Self-Condemnation). Got me to thinking about an article I read in a Pompano Beach newspaper back in the early 80’s. It was about a group of Vietnam veterans living in the woods. Their experience led me to write the following:

KISS THE TRAIN GOODBYE

OH MY GOD, MY TIME HAS COME

TO KISS THE TRAIN OR CONTINUE TO RUN

THERE WERE FOUR AND NOW THERE’S THREE

WHAT IN GOD’S NAME IS IN STORE FOR ME!

SHOULD I FACE THE TRAIN OR ONCE AGAIN FLEE?

OH MY GOOD, WHAT’S IN STORE FOR ME?

THERE ONCE WAS THREE AND NOW THERE’S TWO

OH GOD IN HEAVEN, WHAT MUST I DO?

SHOULD I FACE MY FEAR OR LET IT GO?

SHALL I PULL THE PLUG OR MAKE THE SHOW?

OH MY GOD, THERE’S ONLY ONE

SHOULD I FACE WHAT I HAVE DONE?

LOOKING BACK AS IT NEARS, I FACE THE TRAIN WITH LACK OF FEAR.

I MADE A CHOICE SOME YEARS AGO TO LET MY FATHER TAKE CONTROL

SO NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO SEE………………..

(to be continued)

by  Savage Grace

winner of the Editors Choice Award @ Poets' Workshop