Branded Poem by Ed Homer

Blatant lies are all around me
Nightmares entering my dreams
I cannot seem to find the answers
What has come over me

The clock strikes its tone
The alarm goes off in my head
Its not time yet to hear it
I should be resting instead

Memories of distant struggles
Aftermath laid upon our heads
I only tried to serve my country
Branded a killer instead

Blamed us as baby killers
The Vietnamese dropped that napalm
But I am the obvious culprit
Being a America allows a target on

While you a abort babies at your call
Politicians and activists bang the drum
Parading my life for all to see
I'm surely public enemy number one

They say we have many protections
So tell me why I couldn't get a job
When special interests got first choice
While about me they raised alarm

I no longer support Government
Pawns and puppets one and all
Activists and civil rights leaders
Control where the hammer falls

And If I should end up dead
Well that's how it is after all
Al-tho being born of Greek decent
My skin is white so I hit a wall