He doesn't talk about it

So don't ask him to explain; just sit with him in silence till he finds his way again.
One evening, his old father found him sitting in the yard.
He said, "Son, I know you're trying,
But you don't have to try so hard.
You came home carrying people that I will never know,
But you don't have to lose yourself to prove you love them so." For a while he said nothing,
Then tears filled up his eyes.
He whispered, "Dad,