Sergeant Mackey

by Dwight Jenkins

Poem


Waves of Life

by Michele Johnson

Poem


Jamie and Roxy

by Richard Wangard

Prose


Voices in the Sky

by Paul Nyerick

Array


The Promise

by Nila Bartley

Poem


Crab Story

by William Perry

Prose


Courage

By Jason Bartley, National Guard

Writing Type: Poem

By Jason Kirk Bartley

VA Medical Center--Chillicothe, OH

 

"Courage

is not the absence of fear,"

but rather bringing your fear into submission,

taming the lion within

while you pursue an ambition,

or complete a task.

It does not mean that one will

not go through some pain.

It does not mean one will

not go through some period of sorrow.

It does not mean one will

not find a thousand excuses

why he should "give in."

It just means he clings to the one excuse

and holds it close to his heart

of why he shouldn't.

Courage.

Sergeant Mackey

by Dwight Jenkins

Poem


Answer to Our Youth

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Our Lonely Death

by George Nolta

Poem


The Light Bulb Man

by Sean Parrish

Prose


Waves of Life

by Michele Johnson

Poem


Jamie and Roxy

by Richard Wangard

Prose