Slipping Into Darkness In Iraq Poem by Philip Lore

I've been slipping into darkness,
Body, mind and soul.
A void without much happiness,
Heavy chains, this darkness holds.

I don't know if I belong,
I've been in this darkness,
Seems so wrong.

Iraq leaves me nothing more to see,
Screaming in the darkness...
Can anyone hear me?

Darkness in my life, in the rising sun,
This tour, this struggle has just begun.
Darkness lingers in the pale moon light,
Suffer my soul in the star filled night.

Will I succeed,
I cannot tell.
To struggle and suffer,
In this living hell.
Demons of darkeness follow me,
This war is my only reality.

Nobody cares,
No one knows my cost!
I pray for peace,
Pray it isn't lost.