Poems from 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.
Longing for human comfort
Life loses all meaning
A yearning so strong
It threatens my very being
One kind word or smile
Is what my heart’...
Makes my heart cry aloud
Softly at first then louder
Whenever I picture those clouds
Steel buildings, dust and powder
Sadness then anger as...
Tic Toc Tic Toc
Life is lived by the clock
“Hold your head up high!”
“For every man is born to die”
He said, with a smirking sigh
The...
Everyone, makes me wanna holler
How come, you asking others for a dollar?
Why beg for a crumb?
When you need a high priced lawyer
Who don’t...
My heart pulled through my chest
Even now your memory and smell lingers
They told me it was for the best
As they pried you from my fingers...