Monday, October 14, 2024

Ode to a Homeless Vet: Lost and Forgotten

 


[Verse]

Wandering streets with no place to call home

Faded camo a ghost of where I've roamed

Dog tags clang in rhythm like a sorrowful song

People whisper soldier just move along


[Verse 2]

Once fought battles now fight for a meal

Cold nights remind me of wounds that won’t heal

Cardboard pillow beneath the sky so vast

Memories of comrades they haunt me from the past


[Chorus]

Lost and forgotten hear my silent plea

Just searching for a shred of humanity

Invisible soldier in the city's cruel light

Dreams are my solace in the dead of night


[Verse 3]

Silver stars fade under neon despair

Hollow smiles say they don’t really care

War’s over but the battle never ends

Broken spirit no home to defend


[Bridge]

Broken promises echo in my mind

Grateful for the brave but where’s mine

Carved in stone but living flesh ignored

Silent tears fall on this sidewalk floor


[Chorus]

Lost and forgotten hear my silent plea

Just searching for a shred of humanity

Invisible soldier in the city's cruel light

Dreams are my solace in the dead of night

Ode to a Homeless Vet: Lost and Forgotten

  [Verse] Wandering streets with no place to call home Faded camo a ghost of where I've roamed Dog tags clang in rhythm like a sorrowful...