Sense Sonnet - Acher

No Homecoming

I was an army soldier sent
To Iraq to fight in a war
Where so many lives have been spent
To serve Americans home more.
I did my service all and well,
And came home to resume my life.
Jobless, homeless - life became hell.
Each passing day is filled with strife.
The government gives me red tape
Which doesn't help me on the street.
I keep searching for an escape.
In the meantime I scrounge to eat.

I'm just one female homeless vet
Of thousands and more to be yet.