The Gates of Nothingness

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


A Place Where Soldiers Go

by Paul Gonzales

Poem


Waves of Life

by Michele Johnson

Poem


Just for Today

by Michele Johnson

Poem


The Turret Guard

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


Jamie and Roxy

by Richard Wangard

Prose


ADOPTED

By Howard Kirkman, Army

Writing Type: Poem

Orphan word ... alien inference,
a stranger without advocate.
Yet to be adopted
is to be yearned for,
searched after,
to be wanted ...
for love ...
to receive love,
to give love ...
To be adopted
is to be beloved.
0, dear child,
you are no accident,
no unscheduled event.
We first dreamed .. .
then we hoped .. .
then we searched.
And we knew you,
for you were love,
watching for us,
who were looking for
just such a gift.
You are no stranger ...
You are ours.

They Were Warriors First

by Matthew Davison

Prose


Dwell in Hope

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


That Look

by David Marchant

Poem


Just for Today

by Michele Johnson

Poem


A 1984 Exception

by Katherine Iwatiw

Prose


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph