The warrior has an unwell mind,

unfit for duty the doctors find,

serving two weeks in milieu care,

passage of time too slow to bear,

where medication and mood align.

Artwork and greenhouse are designed

to relieve the boredom of the confined,

yet bureaucratic cogs will not spare

the warrior.

The Review Board is, essentially, behind

for over a year, and in the daily grind

the 24-year veteran suffers scars

that affect devastating tear and wear;

unhealed, and by the “normal” maligned, the warrior.