PTSD
PTSD
Put
This Shit Down
Put it down on paper
Read it aloud
Let it see the light
of day
Show those that weren't there
What was there
What is there
The
truth is horrible
But never as malevolent as lies and secrets
Lies and Secrets
started this shit in the first place
PTSD
Put
This Shit Down
Put it dowm,
So that it's there
Somewhere tangible
In
lines
On paper
In a little book
Up on a shelf
So that it's not just
loitering in my mind-
Like a gunship
Banking slowly to the left...
PTSD
Put
This Shit Down
Put this shit down, Doctor-
I've killed because I was just
too tired to care
Too scared to scream
Too numb for morality or reality
to matter much
Put
this shit down...
And tell me, if my sentence..
This life..
Fits my crime
And
talk to me of peace
If that's what's on your mind
And you can put things
down that you've never experienced...
I'll allow that-
Because I do understand
The
need we all have to
Put
This Shit Down
P.W.
Covinigton - February 18th, 2008
P
W Covinigton is a contributing writer at The Poetry Showcase ( www.everypoet.net
) which is a wonderful website dedicated to strengthening the voices of both
experienced and aspiring writers by providing free poetry webspaces.
To
View More of P.W. Covington's
work and Learn More Abot The Poetry Showcase, Click
Here to visit his WebLog
at The Poetry Showcase.
The
statistics are staggering. PTSD and it's associated disorders of depression and
substance abuse will affect OVER 50% of our returning Service Men and Woman. Add
this to those suffering (mostly in silence) with PTSD from past conflicts . .
. the ramifications are gravely profound.
Below
are a few Links to Learn More how To Help, Educate and Heal those suffering with
PTSD, their Families and Friends.
Soldier's
Heart.org
Post
Traumatic Disorder.com
Frontline
Documentary "A Soldier's Heart"
Poetry
in Motion: Using Art to Process PTSD
Healing
Combat Trauma.com
Insom
contributing Alt-Journalist Jeremy Hogan, a son of a Vietnam Vet dealing
with PTSD, has a poem of his own experiences in the "War Within" Click
Here To Read his poem at Healing
Combat Trauma.com
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