Wounded Hero

She’s going to prove him wrong.

This past year has been the worst of my life.

I’m not the same man that I used to be. I’m not whole.

Besides my own pain, I’ve hurt my kids and my wife of twenty years.

I can’t let her touch me, hold me... love me.

I try to push her away because they’re all better off without me.

But even knowing that is true... I’m weak.

I can’t live without her.

I know I have to do better.

I’m going to do whatever I have to do to be the man she needs.

Because I may have lost a part of me, but it’s her that makes me whole.