There is So Much More to Living by Barnes Desolation at its best is described without despair and help an endless drug of depression will run a struggle throughout life Nothing is what it seems the last years have been a fake not a minute could show you how much I’ve torn trazodone and alcohol help tranquilize These two will surly take me out I pray that one day … [Read more...]
Submariner Poetry Series: Existence is Futile
Submariner Poetry Series: Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean by Anonymous Submariner Follow me, I don't know where I'm going. Far from here, I travel not knowing, My destination, I'm caught in the fray, In one never-ending hellish day. Existence is futile, I live without fear. Whatever's beyond, Must be better than here. Unaware of a purpose, And ignorant of an … [Read more...]
Men of God, a Splash of Red
Men of God, a Splash of Red by Rob Sanders _____ Do you remember the splash of red high and to the right? Above our heads in the ravine? We wanted to look, Dreaded to look. Hated to look. The little girl, dead and desecrated? Raped, pillaged and beaten for her fathers faith? Allah Akbar! Her fathers side was not theirs. Her fathers faith was not ours. Her father … [Read more...]
Tactical Poetry: We Who are about to Die
Tactical Poetry: We Who are about to Die by Carl Martin Johnson “We who are about to die salute you!” As is custom, thus we greet. Great Caesar, we fight to suit you. In victory and defeat. This arena is where we kill. Where someday we will die. I and my brothers serve your will. It does no good to cry. I have fought often in this ring Since your legions took me … [Read more...]
The Golden Rule, Extended
The Golden Rule, Extended by Tyler McCune It may seem hard to believe if looking around at our society, but I don’t think that anyone has really forgotten the Golden Rule. It’s still there, more or less, and when people do interact with each other, most of the time it is with the sentiment of “do unto others” in mind. So what’s changed? Why is it that these days we see … [Read more...]
Eyes on God Pilgrim
Eyes on God Pilgrim by Marshall McGurk Don’t be afraid of things to come. You do what you believe is right. You do what must be done. Keep the faith, in God; He’ll handle the rest for His Greater Glory and No, I do not jest. The branches and sequels you so wrongfully fear are figments of imagination. Remember God is here. Eyes on God, pilgrim. He’ll … [Read more...]
Battlefield Philosophy: What I Miss
What I miss by Rob Sanders _____ I miss the empty places With nothing in between The ghost haunted ruins Of forgotten Eastern kings Where you see goats tremble As they hop along the cliff And lizards scamper madly For the shade beneath its lip I miss the dusty places Where the rocks are smokin’ hot Where the sun glares off the sand That’s painful bright all … [Read more...]
Shortcomings and Lessons Learned of a Ranger
Shortcomings and Lessons Learned of a Ranger by Kasey Pipitt Very recently I was a victim of my own wake up call, one caused by no one other than myself. It was a real “look in the mirror” moment, if you will. I’m going to try and put this as detailed as possible without making this article seem like a “poor me” story because it isn’t. About six months ago I lost control … [Read more...]
Words for Tommy: “Brothers, Nothing Else”
Words for Tommy: "Brothers, Nothing Else" by Luke Ryan I couldn’t find the right words. I stood at the foot of Tommy’s bed, still drenched in sweat. My head pulsing and pounding. Blood on my clothes, but not mine. Tommy was hooked up to all sorts of machines that worked tirelessly to save his life. Much like the doctors and nurses dashing from bed to bed. It may … [Read more...]
We Own The Night
We Own The Night by James Puff The soldier skirts the ridge line not too silhouette himself, the sun begins to fade behind the mountains, the call to prayer fills the valleys, all the villages stop to pray. We own the night! The soldier takes a knee and waits for the moon, when it comes he begins to move again, The mountain towers over the valley like a … [Read more...]
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