The Christmas Fix

ZAC One thing I learned in the military was responsibility.Responsibility for one's country.For One's family.One's self respect.Nowhere in that training did I ever learn that happiness was something I deserved.Or wanted.I had money.A great jobFriends that would do anything for me.The one thing I didn't have, I'd not even known I'd wanted.Craved like an addiction I couldn't shakeYearned for with every atom of my beingLusted forAnd I'd take it…Take herBecause, God help me, if I didn't why the hell was I on God's green earth in the first place?