Soldier For No One
i am acceptable
perhaps people forget
i think sometimes they just fret
i am resilient
despite my emotional mess
i am healing
i think with every breath
i have survived storms
wind, hail, and snow
i am adaptable
even when i am mentally slow
i have worked –
to ensure others do not win
even when i do not know =
who these others are
i think sometimes –
it is forgotten –
how strong stubbornness is
i know it’s not beautiful art
or a specially laden gift
in reality, it is being comfortable
and that’s the way it is
James Garratt – Friday 30th August 2013
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Soldier For No One – Written Friday 30th August 2013 (Aged 38)
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 
“despite my emotional mess
i am healing
i think with every breath
i have survived storms”
There is a fluidity to this… love how this connects. It can be read in different ways – I like it a lot.
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Thank you :). I really enjoy your comments. It’s sorts about death / love / grief. I’d lost my mum about 6 months before this and there was so much change. This is sort of about that as well as just trying to function and manage daily.
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It reads elegantly and sounds very honest.
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Thank you. H eat at the time I think and that’s all we can be. Hope your okay ;:)
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True.
Yes, I am good, thank you. Hope, you are, too! 🙂
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