Atlantic Ocean View

by Garrett Brown

I see a sunrise on my drive to work
Every morning
And though I hate the job,
I love the home it buys
And the good times it holds inside

People told me not to grow up fast
But you’ve no control over time
Adulthood only has to be present in the mind
You can always be a kid still paying bills
Chasing thrills, and girls, and laughing so hard it kills

I fear God but no man of flesh and blood
For he can’t do to me a thing that hasn’t been done
And if you know my story you know it’s true
I’ve hit, kicked, and bruised
Tattered and beaten black and blue

But through it all, I still see from my eyes
The sun peaking above the mountains still on the rise
And how the orange of a sunset skews
The evening sight of an Atlantic Ocean view

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Garret Brown is an active-duty Marine, currently serving as an Avionics Technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 (MALS-14), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Garret has been a Marine since 2019 and served on the U.S.S. Kearsarge in 2022 as part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). He has been pursuing his interest in writing for several years now and is always working to expand his abilities. Garret is passionate about music and writes songs for local musicians in his free time.  He enjoys poetry and creative writing and has published several poems and short stories. Garret is also an aspiring screenwriter and is working on his first screenplay for a production company in California.

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