deployment
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They took a loan of not money but men,
trying not to stutter i ask my brother when
Ten months he says
Promise?
Do you promise to return to me
By Alexander Thymmons
Written in August of 2007
(then, a rifle platoon leader in the 3RD Stryker Brigade Combat Team“Arrowhead”, 2ND Infantry Division)
“Give me five good reasons,” said my father.
“Give me five good reasons to negotiate.”
I said: “Nicholas and Thomas,
Mickey and Morgan and Andres.”
“Give me five good reasons,” said my father.
“Give me five good reasons to negotiate.”
I said: “Nicholas and Thomas,
Mickey and Morgan and Andres.”
Going Army to civilain
Was a challenge for me,
Bringing all of my experienced baggage along
From the sights of active duty.
Deployed my first year on getting stationed
At the age of nineteen
It didn't matter what I thought
to regret my decision
to change my choice
I chose my country
I chose my God
over you
I hurt you
I angered you
I considered you
trying to change me
I’m no prodigious poet.
In fact I’m quite the odd bird,
I’m always delving deeper
into ideas others find absurd.
As my father crossed oceans
I fell onto my knees;
anxiety and depression:
Incantation Red
By: Ashlyn Narvaez
Let the anger leave my body
Cast a spell upon the words
Let the trauma lift above me
Create a haunting with its curse
Every minute, every hour, every day..I will stay... Right here patiently waiting.. keeping my mind busy, as to not always think of you...
Time is going by so fast
I’ll have to leave soon
going on my deployment is last
on the list of things I want to do
Promise me my love you won’t forget me?
