Return to Part I We landed in a tornado of dust and death. The Chinook touched down long enough to let my team out along with a squad of green berets and then sped away. ***** After Joe and his team were picked up at the FOB the pilot stopped […]
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I write because no one listensI love because no one caresI eat and drink to spark fleeting flames of happiness I exercise to scold myself for being out of shapeI think because that’s the only true control I haveI forgive others but struggle to forgive myself I strive for perfection […]
Erik jerked, jumping seemingly feet above the bed where he had been lying motionless, meditating. He’d been at it for only a few minutes. No, he’d been at it for nearly an hour. Where did the time go? It was in Sweden years before, in Skara, when a man named […]
Gone is the cold that kept me indoorsGone is the ice and wind that lashed at my faceThe birds are singing, trumpeting springThe grass is growing, wet and green Gone is the comfy morning reading next to the fireGone are the blankets of white and wireThe sun now rises in […]
A lot has changed since the heyday of ‘Merican Might. Gone is the master class pulling strings to further their agenda. No longer do they plunder, destabilize, democratize, and otherwise fuck with the rest of the world. They kept up their power-game of control and chaos until the shift. That […]
Most of the time, I feel like a turd that has been flushed down the toilet. The bowl was flushed the moment I was born, and it will take a lifetime before I plunge into the darkness. That’s what life feels like. Being locked on a course that one cannot […]
There was a thin clean layer of Winter that coated everything in the yard. Frost. The air was crisp, it was clean, and breathing it filled my lungs with hope and caressed my cheeks when I smiled. The cold was friendly, it was fresh and new. Not like the bitter […]
That’s not my real name, but does it matter? The story I’m about to tell is real, though. It matters. It’s true. I’ve always been a morning person, and at that time, I was always the first one up. I would unzip my sleeping bag and crawl out, eager to […]