Dead Wrong Poem by James L. A. Huetson

Nobody cared how we died.
Nobody cared that they lied.
We died side by side by side.
Because they lied we all died.

We joined to pay for education.
We joined to protect and serve our nation.
We joined to honor our relations.
We joined with highest expectations.

We spilled our blood in foreign lands.
Our bones were broke by foreign hands.
Our brains were warped through concussions
Caused by IEDs and other close explosions.

Coming home we met an attitude
That was anything but gratitude.
Were there any that cared about our broken spines?
Or were they all concerned with their bottom lines?

We get no special employment consideration.
Our old jobs are gone no new ones on the horizon.
Our heads are still filled with combat.
God only knows how we are going to react.

So we also died at home using a gun or a rope.
Or we died on the floor after using too much dope.
However we died we died without any hope.
At home they abandoned us leaving us to cope.