In These I Do Pray

                                   PTSD Is Hell

~My every night before I sleep

I pray my God to hear~

~To heal this pain inside of me

take away my fear~

~With every beat of my heart

every breath I take~

~I pray my life anew will start

the morn when I awake~

~No more nightmares of the war

peace within my sleep~

~Take away these Hellish horrors

within my mind I keep~

~Let me live a normal life

once again to love~

~Take away my aching strife

imprisoning me in of~

~My memories bring me so much pain

at times of wanting death~

~Sometimes going near insane

never feeling rest~

~I pray one day I find my way

back to sanity~

~No longer fearing the coming day

dwelling inside of me~

~Ending this loneliness pulling me apart

once again to love~

~Mending the wound within my heart

in that I do pray of~

~With every beat of my heart

every breath I take~

~I pray my life anew will start

the morn when I awake~

~To once again take long walks

not fearing from aback~

~Or wondering if people will gawk 

causing me to snap~

~Have my children respect me

visiting out of love~

~Not for what they want in greed

in that I do pray of~

~To remember their times of youngering 

when our lives were close~

~When Daddy was their everything

instead of being cold~

~And when I am gone to think of me

remembering all that was~

~To proudly announce He was my Daddy

 in that I do pray of~

~My every night before I sleep

I pray my God to hear~

~To heal this pain inside of me

take away my fear~

Duke Sherman

Sgt, US Army

Vietnam Veteran

P>T>S>D

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is caused by exposure to a traumatic event or experience, which causes people to feel fear, anger and helplessness. It especially affects those who have experienced violent assaults, either to themselves or others, natural disasters or catastrophes caused by individuals, and military combat. PTSD can be difficult to diagnose because many people do experience intense emotions, such as shock and fear, after traumatic experiences, but it is those that have these feelings over longer periods of time, such as a month, who are more likely to have PTSD

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