They Were Warriors First

by Matthew Davison

Prose


Answer to Our Youth

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Dance Little Children

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Solitude by the Sea

by William Anderes

Poem


The Light Bulb Man

by Sean Parrish

Prose


Retail Blues

by Lynn Norton

Poem


MY P.T.S.D.

By Sam Tambe, Army

Writing Type: Poem

Nightmares and terrors keep awakening me,
Just another chapter of my P.T.S.D.
Visions of fallen comrades keep haunting me,
Just another part of my P.T.S.D.
Self-medication and numbness are ruining me,
Two more things to deal with when you have P.T.S.D.
Hyper-vigilance, lost dreams and the anger in me,
Just another day with my P.T.S.D.
Depression and anxiety keep consuming me,
Just two more components of my P.T.S.D.
I try to live a normal life and hide it you see,
But I just can't get away from my P.T.S.D.
Look into eyes, tell me what do you see?
More than likely not a veteran with P.T.S.D.
But it's a part of me.

Answer to Our Youth

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Dance Little Children

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Metamorphosis of the Mind

by Shon Pernice

Prose


This Road I Am On

by David Marchant

Poem


What a Beauty

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph