Veteran

Exploring Options

I’ve recently reopened my dream folder on my computer and have had some interesting ideas spring forth. Before I can allow myself to feel comfortable with the dream, I need to explore why another model of it failed. We were successful in our mission. We excelled at peer to peer groups, financial assistance, and helping…

Not Interested

I’m not interested in financial success. I am interested in the voice of my work carrying hope and the reflection of a man on a recovery journey. I have published some collections and priced them; it is because I think there is value and a different audience. People who won’t take time to peruse a…

The Job?

If the salary was the same, what job would you be doing right now and why? I think the job id want to get back into if it paid the same is a peer to peer specialist at the VA hospital leading groups based in recovery and support especially for trauma survivors with cptsd and…

Internal Geography:

I am so excited to announce the publication of my newest poetry collection!

Happy Veterans Day

I had my year breakfast burrito this morning and chatted with a few Vietnam Vets. They had interesting stories, one was in S4 the other a Navy man was off the coast. I remember my uncle today also a Vietnam man, a coreman on the JFK carrier he signed off on pilots going up in…

Veteran’s Perspective

Scared, sitting behind a screen, Death, toil, struggle, Never to be unseen, Watching the world become trampled. War, a difficult concept, A world of people, Caught in a disgusting trap, Lost in a phycological whirlpool. A world engaged, Behind insane weapons, Crosshairs enraged, Bursting shots upon… A wild enemy indeed.

ToGether

One morning I looked in the mirror, Standing there looking twenty years older, Mentally believing myself twenty years younger, A sailor, living the dream, High seas of life, ports of dreams and fantasy, Head over heels for the love of my life, Now bitterness separates us, Vowing to throw love in the river, Rowing the…

Feed me that phych’a’delic

(Trigger Warning: Suicide ) All ready to die, Take me on to the edge of suicide, All ready to die, Take me on to the edge of suicide, baby, Take me on to the edge, Take me on to the edge, Onto the edge, Onto the edge, Take me baby, on that deadly ledge, Deadly…

Boots on my feet, Living a hundreds of fleeting dreams, Memories float like stars all about, Catching glimpse of an old me, Young, fit, and motivated, Standing out, shining bright, Medals that mean nothing, Awards for jobs well done, Paper trails everywhere, Automatically judged and alienated, A lot of us get caught by drink or…