He Did Not Come Back the Same, Part Ii
She thought he would rage, clean blow his stack,
but he just nodded with a sad look,
said,”After what I saw, I can’t go back,
there are many things the was has took,
things you can’t even read of in books.
I do love you, but maybe we are done
if you’re unhappy with what I’ve become.”
She moved away the very next week,
planned for an amicable divorce,
to destroy him Laurie did not seek,
she wouldn’t ruin his life in the courts,
no money did she look to extort.
She never could hate her poor, broken ex,
just had to focus on what would come next.
A month later she was dating again,
a young woman out playing the scene,
had outings with several nice men
before she found one who seemed a dream,
up-and-comer fond of big limousines,
investment banker who liked to go out,
she’d found a winner, but still felt doubt.
Trey was his name, and when he talked he boomed,
but something seemed empty in his large words,
and though he could glad-hand any room,
something about his sickness unnerved,
though not quite enough to outright disturb.
But he was so lively, and fun-loving,
she shook of the thoughts she was having.
But one night in bed, with Trey half-bombed,
he said,”Babe, you made the right choice with me.
I mean a shell-shocked grunt with so much wrong,
who thinks that he fought for his country,
now a mad dog cursed with P.T.S.D…
What kind of fool chooses to waste his life,
you were in danger just being his wife!”
Now Laurie knew that Trey was half-smashed,
but thought then In Vino Veritas.
She roared,”His service I won’t have you trash,
you have no idea how much Stan has lost!
When have you ever born such a cost!
You have no damn idea what he fought for,
you never had to face down such horror.”
Trey just sneered,”I see the flock you have joined,
like all the sheep out there in the world.”
Laurie got enraged, kneed him in the groin,
screamed,”Then go find yourself a new girl!”
She dressed quickly as she heard him hurl.
Laurie drove away with little regret,
but what would happen now, she didn’t know yet.
In the movies she would have gone to Stan
and desperately professed her true love,
but she felt terrified thinking of the man,
she no longer thought herself good enough,
and she knew now that she was not tough.
In truth she felt like a helpless child,
blind to what was real for so great a while...
CONTINUES IN PART III.
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