Struggle

Many of their parents ,
they will never know.
Tiny in open cots ,
temporary sanctuary...

you are invited
A tour in my thoughts, a tour of my life,
a breif moment where you can...

I linger,
Sparse in dubiety,
Corporeal laden with blood and scars.
Self-lambaste and...

I haven't slept for days
Searching for the flesh I crave
To this blood soaked rhythm I am a...

Up and down, Up and down,
Across the way and back around,
Like a car, no Peace I've found,...

Saddened truths amidst dying flames,
Fears for the future and forgotten names,
Strength...

Flag, poisoned,
Flag, haunted,
Bullet holes tarnish the memories,
Land of hope and...

The bitter truth
hides within
those doubtful
eyes
hiding behind
the...

My Isis bride.
came for blood,
She no longer wishes
to fight the jihad.
grown...

I surround myself by bricks and mortar, heated pipes and abundance of water and yet I regret to think there...

I frown my brow, my ink impede,
I write and discard every word I read.
I sit in dark, my mind...

remember roadblocks
barricades blown-up shops
bombed-out hotels
the weeping rain...

Eyes asleep
Body half awake
I frantically scrammed
As the alarm clock began to quake...

My mind is a dark place to contend with each day.
While raising my children I locked these thoughts...

In the mighty grip of winter
Picture a sentry with sword and shield, martyr/soldier
Defiant...

“Pterodactyls are extinct”, she said
But that’s what I want to be
I want to be that

“...

If I starve,
Will I take it too far?
If I purge,
Will I splurge?
Thin is my...