Each impact chasing an otherwise unobtainable truth, a realization.
Eyes glossy from the cold wind, gasping for air, each step brings me closer to a moment and further from another.
Looking out into the surreal world at night, lights amplified in the cold air, somewhere in those moments, in those steps is the answer.
Jake Smith is a law enforcement officer and former Army Ranger with four deployments to Afghanistan.
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