THE BROKEN MAN???

THE BROKEN MAN???

A FOOT, A HAND, AN ARM, A LEG,

AN EYE, THEIR MIND.

THEIR SKIN IS BURNT.

THEIR PRIDE IS HURT.

MOST TIMES THEY'RE LOST,

BECAUSE THEY'RE FOUND;

THE WOUNDED SONS,

HOME FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

WE TRY SO TO UNDERSTAND,

THE HELL THEY LIVE

UPON THIS EARTH.

THEY DIDN'T COME HOME

IN A FLAG DRAPPED COFFIN.

MOST PARTS ARE HERE;

TRYING TO FIT IN.

AN HONOR IS GIVEN AT A SPECIAL EVENT,

BUT HAVE YOU REACHED OUT

AND TALKED TO A VET?

CAN WE TRUELY UNDERSTAND?

WHAT MAKES UP THE BROKEN MAN?

JAMES PAIR

USS STARK '83-'87