Image Source. Locked in this cage, Inside this empty shell Through his eyes,I scream for release.In the quiet hours, The storm rages inside.I Continue Reading
poetry
Atlantic Ocean View
by Garrett Brown I see a sunrise on my drive to workEvery morningAnd though I hate the job,I love the home it buysAnd the good times it holds Continue Reading
Breathe
by Aaron Smith Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. Training takes over, I need gloves! Where the fuck are my gloves?? Hands slippery with sweat struggle to put Continue Reading
As the Shadows Wait
Experience in death, ‘tis not to be taken lightly.Your mother, your brother, your sister, and your father.You might be the next one,So be sure to hold Continue Reading
Forgive Us
by Diana Nickell, wife of Vietnam combat veteran, Dennis Nickell Forgive Us As Job was refined with fire from above So to in my life The Continue Reading
Quiet Place
Want to go to a quiet placeWhere pure and gentle hearts go to restA stream dances byI see your eyes Gotta tell gotta tell the worldHow much I love Continue Reading
The Death of a Ranger
by former Ranger Johnny B. So, you heard a Ranger died today What a tragic waste, you said That he should die in a foreign land With so much of life Continue Reading
Death…the Game
Dust covering my faceMedevac just took offSoldiers deadI wonder, why not me My mind in a dazeWhat just happenedWhy did we switch roadsAt last Continue Reading
Two, or More
by Ryan Stovall he’s Hescoed in, barricaded behind his lectern, microphone and dark horn rimmed glasses an owl mumbling Continue Reading
We Own The Night
by James Puff The soldier skirts the ridgeline not too silhouette himself, the sun begins to fade behind the mountains, the call to prayer fills the Continue Reading
Only The Sovereign
by Aaron Smith Tonight, tears draw linesThat only some findWhen despair gets a hold of yourLast set of minds My Brother Alone in the nightNo Continue Reading
“Empty Chairs”: By a Fellow Ranger
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 27, 2018, by a Ranger who wishes to remain anonymous, who was moved to write after the spate of Continue Reading