Danny Boy was running through my head. But these lyrics were about surviving after. And what Danny was holding in his hand was probably a pistol to his head. Suicide is very common among those with PTSD.
My only uncle who was a veteran from WWI, certainly had what was described as "shell shock." But he wasn't anywhere in the trenches. As a medic, he was in a North Carolina hospital treating soldiers who came back with hideous wounds and amputations. And then along came the Spanish flu to an to his misery.
He got rich during the 20s only to lose it all in 29. Became a miser collecting coins and amassed a fortune in coin sets until the 1950s, abusing his wife and children, until my aunt had him put away in a veteran's hospital.
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.
This is a book of free verse poetry that addresses the seven main tests in life and offers some sensible solutions to passing those tests with minimal discomfort.
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My only uncle who was a veteran from WWI, certainly had what was described as "shell shock." But he wasn't anywhere in the trenches. As a medic, he was in a North Carolina hospital treating soldiers who came back with hideous wounds and amputations. And then along came the Spanish flu to an to his misery.
He got rich during the 20s only to lose it all in 29. Became a miser collecting coins and amassed a fortune in coin sets until the 1950s, abusing his wife and children, until my aunt had him put away in a veteran's hospital.
Ron