Feeling Fine
by Roger Montgomery
I don't know why anyone would love me
There's not much of me that's left
As I look at my body and what's left of it
I'm not feeling quite myself.
I look over at my room mate
And I know that he is blind
When the nurse asks me how I feel
I have to say I'm feeling just fine.
I left part of me over in Iraq
And a part of me is still in Tennessee
And the rest of me went to hell
So I'm not feeling quite like me.
My best friend was in front of me
When he hit a road side mine
And part of him landed on me
But I was left feeling just fine.
His cell phone rang later that night
But I just let it be
His wife would be checking on him
Oh, God, I just don't feel quite like me.
Some people say we're heroes
And part of me seems to agree
But I don't know quite for sure
Cause I'm not feeling quite like me.
I'm sometimes at a loss for words
Even as I shout the victory
Sometimes I even believe it myself
When I start feeling more like me.
So I guess I will just sit here
And remember how things used to be
I hope you are feeling OK
But I'm not feeling quite like me.
I sit here and hear the screams
And I wonder from time to time
Is this bothering anyone else but me
But, yes, I'm feeling just fine.
I lay awake here at night
And hear grown men crying
But I heard the doctor say this morning
He seems to think I'm doing just fine.
I heard someone wake up last night
And I heard him as he screamed
But I quietly settled down
When I realized that it was me.
The Chaplain told me to be strong
We all go through some trying times
But I noticed his reddened eyes
Like he had been somewhere and crying.
The wife of the man next to me
Comes by and tries to get him to speak
She said this morning she was sure
He gave her hand a squeeze.
But this world is a better place
I encourage myself with this from time to time
Even though I don't feel at all like me
I know that when I recover I will be just fine.