Fury • The Havok Journal

by Daniel Clancy

I don’t like most war movies
Flash backs & reminders of broken dreams

Maybe I am the one who’s numb
I fuckin’ still can’t feel anything

It’s called war do you feel it yet?
These are the pains you won’t ever forget

Is this really the best job I ever had?
How could I possibly repeat something so sad

I spent my adult life on many battlefields
All my heroes buried without their shields

I’d much rather watch my children grow
But that’s the price of freedom I still sow

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In his upcoming book, The Rose That Grew From Sand, Daniel Clancy, a retired Marine Corps and Army infantryman with over 20 years of service, offers a raw and unflinching look at war. Through stark and visceral poetry, he captures the violence of the battlefield and the deeper battles soldiers face when they come home—grappling with PTSD, mental health struggles, and the difficult readjustment to civilian life.

As the Voice of the Veteran Community, The Havok Journal seeks to publish a variety of perspectives on a number of sensitive subjects. Unless specifically noted otherwise, nothing we publish is an official point of view of The Havok Journal or any part of the U.S. government.

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