Adrift

I’m searching for those dead old glooms.
I set out for a time adrift.
This body, this mind are not all spent.
Its scarred and lovely, warm and pure.
I’ve set out for a time, adrift.
Forgetting all but litanies of self-reproach.
Forgetting all but empty words.
Forgetting all but mundane tasks.
I’ve set out for a time, adrift.
Watching from the back to [...]

Because they help children

There are so many military families in our community, I almost feel like the oddball sometimes.  The core group of us who are volunteering for the Reindeer Shop are all military except me.  At church, all the men our age are military.  Sometimes BJay talks about joining the military just to fit in.  Its come [...]