The War is Over

The war they say is over


And over, and over, and over


It doesn't seem to go away


Images pop up night and day


Innocents killed unnecessarily


Definitely I object conscientiously


Military psychologists can't help me


They label me according to policy


God help me push past the past


Wash it away, make it no longer last


Cleanse me by the blood of Jesus


Holy Spirit come liberate and free us


Veterans are bombarded in their brain


The screams reverberate with pain


Repeatedly and continually the same


Come someone and break the chains


Don't call me a hero. Don't give me fame


Just give me back my childlike innocence


Help me forget the grotesque violence


By which I mercilessly killed the living


God graciously give me a heart that's giving


I'm filled with grief and dire misgiving


I need comfort, nurturing, and forgiving


I've disregarded humanity with profanity


Recklessly maimed and murdered brutally


Fighting for my life got the best of me


Help wretched, messed up me just be


Dwell and exist in society peaceably


Sweep away the fixation paralyzing me


My soul is entrenched in calamity


My heart is engrossed in the military


The killing fields continually bloody


Break me free from my mental anguish


Affirm me so this guilt I can relinquish


I'm vexed deep within and want to vanish


Dying deep inside I just want to perish


If the war is really over, help me crossover


Into my personal promised land and inheritance


Send the power of the resurrection and resilience


Uplift me from the mental muck and mire


Ignite within me the fresh fire of desire


Perpetual thoughts of war do make me tire


I feel trigger happy like an explosive live wire


Rid me of the militant mindset so I can acquire


Gentleness, self-control, and be made whole


I must regain what from me this war stole.