Evil isn’t the only thing that runs deepGoodness mercy and grace run deeper stillWar torn memories pierce the nightOnly to bePut to flightBy the food Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
Sans Shield
by Ryan Stovall all mothers always stand stiff and proud for all the world to see but all mothers have always longed to whisper to all Continue Reading
Manhattan
by Ryan Stovall having shot children we return to too many faces shuffling sundown drenched streets brown black or Continue Reading
What You See and What you Didn’t
You see me on the streets of this city You see me in uniformYou see the badge on my chestI just smile and nod as you walk by me You didn’t see the Continue Reading
OPERATION MOUNTAIN STORM
Long hot days and short, lonely nights,each day is just the same.Time is slowly passing by. No news from home, no books to read,nothing but the Continue Reading
Words for Tommy: “Brothers, Nothing Else”
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 Continue Reading
The Morning After I Killed Myself
by Meggie Royer Editor's Note: When I saw this article on imgur.com, I knew we had to run it on The Havok Journal. I got in contact with the author, Continue Reading
To Die with Harmony of Word and Action
They see the barriers and corrals, and they follow. They assume and see what others have told them to see. They do what others have told them to Continue Reading
Where do I find you?
Where do I find you? That thin veil Seems so wide. I search, I cry out for your voice, a dream, a presence. Yet there is Continue Reading
For Sam
So it seemsSome live their dreamsWhile others pay our debts The silent typesHoly nightThey sacrificefor lives Long after their homeNo longer to Continue Reading
My Near Suicide
Father,Do you know my name?Do you know what I’ve done?I don’t feel the same, Send word above,I’ve wondered off,I don’t know if I’m coming Continue Reading
We Who Walked With Death
by Aaron Smith Friends walk together, and lovers Fingers entwined in knowing caress Breathless whispers of moments past Linger, as the Continue Reading