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Always murmuring in the background, the television taught me the alphabet game using words from faraway lands. P-P-P… Phnom Pehn L-L-L… Laos A-A-A… Agent Orange Y-Y-Y… Y? Subtle sounds, soothing to a civilian child remote and removed from sad suffering …
You are the rock in the water, and I am the little seashell, or maybe a crab, or a fish you have weathered many storms, stood the test of time provided solace, comfort, and stability one day I will be …
Have you ever just wanted to walk to the edge of the earth, standing on the last little corner of dry land? Standing there watching waves dissipating into the vast void, turning in the wind as the water at your …
Dre is an Army Veteran and Dakota Promise Coach at PPSC.
I wanted to return to some imaginary life based on a collection of unstable memories I thought were real. I would gaze fondly on those memories and dwell in their hazy light, hoping they would do more than flicker in …
You say, “You haven’t deployed;” “You’ve never seen war,” But I’m fighting a constant battle with the drunk man who was outside of my barracks door I thought I was safe with my brothers in arms I thought they were …
I was born free As so I thought Until the day My heart forgot As I awoke That September day Everyone was saying Someone’s trying to take our freedom away They tried to scare us But we made them see …
Visible “Invisible” Wounds Invisible wounds only because you choose not to see them Invisible wounds because you chose not to listen My invisible wounds are visible just like me You were too busy and didn’t want to be inconvenient to …
Emily is an Air Force Veteran and a photography student at PPSC.
