None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears In the line of duty Deep in harm's way Psychologically scarred The price you have paid Transition civilian life No one understands Unable to integrate No future, no plans Sleeping in doorways Living in the street Begging to strangers For coins so you can eat Most people don't look While others stare Society's rejected In a world that does not care None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears Lost all sense of meaning Reality surreal PTSD afflicted Wounds that never heal The veteran The veteran A message to the government Honor the military covenant