They Were Warriors First

by Matthew Davison

Prose


Our Lonely Death

by George Nolta

Poem


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph


Courage

by Jason Bartley

Poem


Purple Heart

by John Swainston

Poem


The Mickey Mouse Watch

by Arthur Wiknik

Prose


Just for Today

By Michele Johnson, Army

Writing Type: Poem

By Michele Roxanne Johnson

VA Medical Center—Albany, NY

Just for today I am free.

I am the whispering wind and the twinkling star.

Just for today I am the rising moon

and the setting sun.

Just for today I am a butterfly freeing myself

from the restraints of the cocoon.

Just for today I am the baby bird breaking free

from the egg.

Just for today I am the rushing river flowing

ever so freely.

Just for today I am the ocean, vast and always moving.

Just for today I am free to be me in any way

my heart, mind and soul want to be.

Just for today I am free to just be!

They Were Warriors First

by Matthew Davison

Prose


Somewhere a Woman Is Building an Ark

by Louise Eisenbrandt

Poem


Jamie and Roxy

by Richard Wangard

Prose


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph


"Eternity "

by Russell Nelson

Painting


Purple Heart

by John Swainston

Poem