SIDNEY W. JOHNSTON Poems

I am a Vietnam Veteran with P. T. S. D.
Who has survived a bloody war 37 years ago,
And now with help I am being able to share
Of what I have learned and saw.
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I met a man who journeyed far,
And he talked of the things he had done,
Of the places that he has been,
And how he had so much fun.
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I cross myself, n' pass the church,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
I ask my god to protect me first,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
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Frustration... Oh Frustation... why teh hell me?
Defeat and Frustation landing heavy on me,
I'st a weighty load, I'm needing some relief.
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We complain about poltued air, Rivers and seas...
But children nowadays babysat by TV screens,
And we expect their lives to be somehow clean.
We then we let them wander around, In packs like dogs,
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Friendship is a centain type of love that never fades,
It lasts forever and ever, and forever It shall be.
Friends are trustworthy, depeddable and always be their for you.
While a friendship is something special,
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I have some questions don't yoe see,
And these are some that has been bothering me,
Do we find for ' P.T.S. D.' by flying all the way up their?
Or do we only find the cure through prayer?
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A journey to god is a journey within the self.
Not because we think, we are god's,
But because there we find his mercury,
His love and his humor.
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Where does heaven and earth meet?
Is it a place in our world...
Like a address on a city street?
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The the preacher's kid is all wasted no dope
The phychologist's girl say's she can't cope
The mechanic's son's car just barley runs
That how this world is just as sure as I'm alive
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