Come sail away with meTo a distant shoreWhere pain is gone forever moreWhere lies and darkness cannot enter inAnd all who live here are whole Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
Afghanistan Memories: I’m a Warrior Through and Through
Heart turned hard, emotionally scarred. I tried to get past this but it’s so fucking hard.My pain is evident yet so blissfully hidden. From events Continue Reading
Give It Time
You were taught to marchTo run and fireYour trusted weapon and more And yetComing homeIt seems you’ve lostThe big things including Continue Reading
Your Backstory is Your Freedom
Editor's Note: This first appeared in The Havok Journal in August 2019. It is republished today because this brief article highlights why we write at Continue Reading
For What Earthly Reason?
You laid it downOn foreign shoresYou gave it all and more Only to returnTo a battlefieldFilled with the same horror Fragments of shells on Continue Reading
Goodness is Never Wasted
I see you and hear you said HONORMy warriors of truth and justiceAfghanistan in shambles Goodness is NEVER WASTEDThe seeds that were sown Continue Reading
Warriors
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
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