You are the wordThe living wordMy home of living stones Brighter than any candleYour life is all they seeFilled to overflowingA double portion of Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
At My Father’s Table
At my Father's TableOverwhelmed with your loveFaithful are youMemories Faithful, faithfulYou’ll always beFaithful for all to see Love not Continue Reading
Parcels of Tin and Cloth
by Nick Orton Parcels of tin and cloth Trinkets of earned and given pride Pinned close to the heart Traditional rites handed down Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Groupthink Kills
Equally, on the battlefields of war, startups, and politics, groupthink kills. There is no more destructive force than everyone at the table thinking Continue Reading
If You Only Knew!
Fast forward timeTo the days that are fineWhere laughter replaces the screams Fiery trialsChallenges and painDiminish with the passing of Continue Reading
I Am War
I amI am that is hardly seenI am what you fear Look into my eyesI lay dormant and aloneI come from a darknessYou’ll never know I am war I amI Continue Reading
Inferno Unleashed
My spirit of unhinging forceA tempest of unwavering mightResolute and unyieldingUnfurls like a raging fire With an unrestrained power, it surges Continue Reading
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We Should Not Look at Death as a Reward
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We should not look at death as a reward – But our thought of death should remind us of our lives. “Only the dead have Continue Reading
Hope Is On The Way
Hope is on the Way... You think it's up, you think it's cold, you think it's new, you think it's old, No matter, no matter why do you Continue Reading
I Am the Infidel
by Christopher Sharpe I am the Infidel looking out into the nightI am the Infidel who’s waiting for the fight Surprise, speed, and violence of Continue Reading
It Doesn’t Matter
A clean white suit and a fancy tieheels six inches high….it doesn’t matterMud-stained boots, ripped-out jeansSat night, the same old scene...Stock Continue Reading
Beneath the Shadows
In the realmWhere shadows danceI've waged internal battlesA lifetime spentLiving the warrior’s wayShadowboxing with deathDay after day Fear and Continue Reading