Thurman P. Woodfork : Enemy’s Dreams

I wonder how the former enemy copes, now that his war is done;
does he suffer bouts of melancholy or dream of battles lost and won?
Does a bone deep mantle of depression settle ‘round his shoulders like a cape
as he eases his way through the jungles of his mind seeking a way to escape
from the never-ending horror of memories that will not fade?
Does he, too, see his buddies’ bodies lying lifeless in a riddled glade?
And is his sleep troubled by the shadowy, stalking shade
of a foreign soldier who pursues him down a gloomy jungle path
or waits in ambush to trap him in a deadly unleashing of wrath?
Is there a Wall of Heroes that can ease his mental pain
and slow the recollections that march unbidden through his brain?
When the velvet night comes softly to cloak the terrain from view,
does he stir in his sleep uneasily – is that demon in his dreams actually you?

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