by Cleo Deloner When children see me, they stare When adults see me, they look away The evidence of sacrifice is etched in my skin I wear the scars of Continue Reading
Cleo DeLoner
You Saved My Life… and I Hated You For It
by Cleo DeLoner I should have died “over there” on the battlefield with my brothers, with honor and valor. But you saved my life. You weren’t my Continue Reading
Deployed to America: The Final Battlefield
by Cleo DeLoner When I left Somalia in April of 1993, I didn’t realize I was deploying to America. That’s right, I deployed to America, to fight a Continue Reading
Deploying to Somalia: The Day I Said Goodbye…To Myself
by Cleo DeLoner If I could turn back time to 12, January 1993, the day I deployed to Somalia… the last time I saw myself… In preparation for my first Continue Reading
Dear Suicide
Dear Suicide: You stole my friend Danny from me. You assaulted him when he was at his weakest. Just like the coward that you are. You infiltrate the Continue Reading
Love is Destroying the World
by Cleo DeLoner Many people believe that LOVE conquers all, but it is LOVE that is destroying the world. We as human beings have become so Continue Reading