Can't Seem To Outrun This Insanity
Trying to avoid this calamity
Can’t seem to outrun this insanity
Barefoot walking through a city of glass
Separating the future and the past
Walking through life totally unaware
There’s no one who can understand or care
Experiences, whether good or bad
We’re treated like the latest social fad
I’m not in a box, or book you can read
None of those writings, can make your soul bleed
My animal behavior leads to fear
Crying from inside out, without a tear
What I am feeling inside, isn’t okay
And never matches, what I do or say
The raging beast within, you fail to court
No wonder your treatments always fall short
But I can’t tell you how to get there
Paths aren’t the same for two people to share
Trying to avoid this calamity
Can’t seem to outrun this insanity
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Robert Williford
Honorably discharged disabled veteran from Arkansas. Did a 12 month tour in Europe and a 6 week deployment to Northwest Africa. I speak a little German and a lot of Spanish. Many Vets lose their way/purpose in life. Your new mission in life, the most important you will ever have, is to become a better father, husband, son and neighbor. It doesn't make you weak to become a better human being. You don't have to be one of the military statistics who either commit suicide or end up in prison.
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