Yesterday

He became a Marine on September 12th
Giving up status and material wealth 
So many nightmares dancing in his skull
Davey lost it all to fentanyl

20 years of fighting in a foreign land
for a country that never even gave a damn
living with the hurt that never goes away
another buddy killed himself yesterday

Finding your friends in a gutted Humvee
Totally dismantled by an IED
Tommy still alive with half his brains gone
Muttering gibberish and asking for his mom

20 years of fighting in a foreign land
for a country that never even gave a damn
living with the hurt that never goes away
another buddy killed himself yesterday

Oscar in his living room, kids at play
Surrounded by love on a beautiful day
Don't make no sense when the demons get their way
He ran off in his truck and blew himself away

20 years of fighting in a foreign land
for a country that never even gave a damn
living with the hurt that never goes away
another buddy killed himself yesterday

another buddy killed himself yesterday

another buddy killed himself yesterday

another buddy killed himself yesterday

by Richard W. Bray

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