15 May 2008

Brohymn

Right. His name was actually Sean. He was a decent guy. He had his quirks, but we all do. He bothered people, but it was always very endearing. He annoyed people on purpose, and made them laugh at the same time. Sean was a funny man, but that is not all Sean was.
Sean was a brother, son, uncle and above all else, Sean was a friend. One thing I think all who knew him would agree upon is that Sean always had someone else's happiness in mind. He would have done anything he could for anyone.
What very few people know is that Sean loved. He saw deep meaning and love in most things. Despite this, he still complained a lot. But in his heart, his complaints were out of love. He loved each and every person in his life, and he loved as deeply and as passionately as any being ever has.
It was because of this love that Sean is no longer with us. It wasn't any bombs or bullets or a foreign country. It was love.
You must understand something about him - he never let anyone know of this love. He never told anyone, he never asked for it back and he never let anyone close enough to him for them to even know what was inside of him. Because of this, Sean protected himself from being hurt and was still able to love without fear.
In recent months, Sean let go this fear he has carried and let someone close enough to hurt him. He confided in me that he was confident in this because he had never prayed for anything for himself in his life. When he prayed, it was for other people's needs. He recently prayed for himself for the first time and was positive that whichever deity grants prayers would take note that he actually wanted something for himself and would grant his request. Without fear, condition, hesitation or reservation, Sean opened himself up to allow himself being loved.
This was how Sean died.
The demons exorcised to allow him to be able to accomplish this feat were all creatures of his own invention. To no one's surprise except for his own. The demons were vanquished, and in their place a light filled exposing himself to himself for the first time in his life. This light was then shown to another, and it was appreciated and wanted.
Without warning, the person Sean had shared himself with, left. The light was simply not warm nor bright enough. While this may seem codependent, Sean chose to never allow this to happen again.
Sean turned the light out himself and invented new skeletons in his closet to haunt him. Fearsome ghosts he has an understanding with. They will never allow the light to return and he will succumb to every base desire they wish. He made a conscious decision to never again allow himself to be loved. He can still love in secret, but he will never place another in front of the monsters he exists with.
This is how Sean lives.

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06 May 2008

A Chronicle Of Early Failures

Right. It is now May. My tenth month. Were this a hockey game, we'd be entering the last period. Were this a hockey game there would be ice and rest and some sort of end state to work toward. But this is not hockey, this is war. More importantly, this is my life. This is a part of my life which will forever be defined by words I did not intend. This is a part of my life which will haunt my memory regardless of how many beers or bullets I put into my brain.
It is a funny thing being here. Hilarious even. See, if you don't laugh at how absurd everything is, then you might start to believe it is reality. And believing this is reality is far worse than any hell I can be placed in. This simply cannot be real. This is just a story, being told by someone as an allegory to some point he has thusly not yet made clear to the audience. Which calls into question the sanity of men and women who volunteer to be bit players in this story.
So maybe I am crazy. Maybe I am fucking insane. Maybe I have always hated myself so much that I joined to die. Maybe I couldn't find any worth in myself and therefore no worth in the rest of the world. Maybe I believed people telling me things I knew to be untrue because I couldn't accept the truth. Maybe I was looking to test the proverbial mettle I had heard about.
Maybe, in some way, each of these is true. It is quite possible. I was told all of these things by a smattering of people a while ago. Maybe they knew what they were talking about all along. Hindsight being 20/20, I wish I had considered these things when I first heard them. Recognizing this fact would mean I am not crazy. Meaning I either never was or have been cured.
If I never was crazy, then where is the problem? If war cured me, then how crazy was I? If this is what it took for me to see clearly, then maybe I was better off living in the fallacy I was living in?
I only say this because it is true. It is too much for too long for me.
I believe I am one of the fairest people alive. I believe I try harder than anyone to be fair when I speak or judge things. I am telling you this as a fact. I wish I could live for a million years bleeding from my eyes and being tortured rather than live out my remaining days knowing I am simply still not good enough for what I want.

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20 April 2008

Give Me Whiskey When I'm Thirsty

Right. And give me a headstone when I die.
I am tired. Exhausted. I had recently redefined the word exhausted to mean something entirely different. However, in this context, the word means the same is always has. Tired. I looked at myself in the mirror today for the first time in months. I use an electric razor and dont try to shave very well, so I never really see myself. I am tired. It shows.
I have scars on my face of which I am tired of seeing.
I have scars on my life of which I am tired of being.
I have veins on my hands and I am tired of them pumping.
I have scars on my soul of which I am tired of feeling.
I have scars on my heart of which I am tired of concealing.
I have a curve in my spine because I am tired of slumping.
I have scars on my body of which I am tired of hiding.
I have scars on my advice of which I am tired of providing.
I have scars in my brain and I am tired of them not healing.
I have scars in my eyes of which I am tired of revealing.
I am tired of everything. I am tired of getting the shit kicked out of me. Mentally. Emotionally. Physically. I am beaten and tired. I do this to myself. It is my fault. I make bad choices. I make horrible decisions. I am too considerate. Everyone feeds off me, and I just give. I have endless energy for others. I have nothing for myself. I am tired of getting the shit kicked out of me.
Seven months left. Seven months seeing apparitions who ignore me.

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06 April 2008

Unify The Rebel


Right. I feel like an Indian. Feathers not dots. A few hundred years ago, before the white man, a young Indian on the plains of what we now call Iowa, explored westward. He climbed mountains. He got rained on. He saw animals he never knew existed. He kept walking. He hit the beach. He had no word for it. he had no idea of its existance. He stood in awe of its beauty. He listened to the waves crash against the rocks and basked in the sun. At times it was too much beauty for his heart, and he had to close his eyes or look away. Eventually, he walked back home. He told his family and friends of the beach. He ignored the journey. He tried to explain how pretty the ocean it. How it felt like he had come home. But his people had no words for it. He had no way of describing the sight or feeling of, or the ocean itself. I feel like that Indian. I will never be able to describe this. I had, and you have, no idea as to the beauty in this world. Amongst the pain, suffering, lies and hatred that make the world the miserable place that it is, there is true beauty. Beauty of which there is no description. Beauty of which I cannot express. I can only feel, look at, listen to and absorb at random times which are temporary and fleeting. This beauty makes claims of being around forever with me once the Army is over. If this is true, I will always have to close my eyes at times because nothing has ever been so perfect and beautiful that it makes me feel like my heart has a lump in its throat.

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25 March 2008

The Day After Is Darker

Right. I cannot sleep. I hate it here. I am tired. I want this to be over. It's not going by fast enough. No one is leaving anymore. No one escapes. This is eternal. This will last forever. No retreat. No withdrawl. No peace. This is life now. It is acceptable. It is necessary. You are safe. Where is the money going? I miss things. I hope I didn't fuck this up too bad. I hope my lie is forgiven. Small declarative statements.

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02 March 2008

She

Right. I have no idea what jacket size I am. I just thought you should know that.
SO there is this prick I work with and I will kill him. I swear to God himself that before I die, this man will die by my hand.
I am at work and I meet my new best friend. This yellow lab thing. I take him for a run. I play with him. I go get meat from where we eat to feed him. I give him water. I name him Spike. Spike has had a rough go of things. You can tell Spike has been beaten. He limps. He cowers. He has burns all over him. He eats dirt. I am helping this dog out. Well while I was sleeping, this piece of shit fuckstick cocksucker I work with give Spike a bunch of small bones. The thing fucking swallows them and is really sick and shitting blood.
So I take care of him. I ordered heart worm medicine, a flea collar, all sorts of shit. The doctor (who is also an asshole) is sleeping so I can't get him an operation right away. Spike is sleeping in the hall, peacefully I might add, when theis piece of shit comes in and is all, "Well. Better call people to fix this."
"Fix what asshole?"
"We have to kill that dog."
"No mother fucker. You ain't killing shit you dickless fuck. Kill him yourself and then let us see how far you walk when I cut your fucking legs off."
"Sir. I just talked with the PA."
"Yeah fucker. The 'PA.' Meaning he ain't a real doctor. Leave the dog alone."
"Sir it's for his own good."
"Yeah because you gave him small bones to eat you fuck. I swear to you, that if that dog dies I will beat your fucking children in front of you."
Then the piece of shit started shaking and I think he started to cry.
Fuckhole. What kind of an asshat kills dogs? The guy has clearly got fight in him.
So I go see the PA, and he starts giving me shit. I stole a bunch of medicine and scaples and shit and told him I would fix him myself. He stopped me and now we are flying in a vet tomorrow.
See. One man can make a difference.
Funny how we can fly in a vet for one dog that one Captain likes, but can't seem to fly in enough of anything really needed. Inshala.
If I do go to jail...it will be worth it. I am very happy.

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10 February 2008

I'm Glad

Right. So this new place I am at is even better than before. It is awesome. I'm not sure if it is the no laundry or showers or the snakes and spiders, but it is awesome. I am happy. I'm not even mad about it. In fact, I like it so much, that when I get out of the Army, I am thinking of moving here to spend the rest of my days. I gave up sarcasm for lent, and it's working out really well.
So, I am going to jail. Not so much jail as prison. But why split hairs at this point? I am not going to jail for any evil or wrong doing. Just following my heart. Which the Army believes it can dictate. But which it can't. But which it can dictate where it will live. And that is dependant upon the sentencing I guess. Please don't worry. It's going to be a really funny story in like 20 years or so.
Real funny.
In even better news, I have been here 7 months now, and I am no closer to going home than when it started. This is great. I love it here. I especially love it when a house explodes on your friends and you get tiny pieces to remember them by blows down your throat and in your pockets and down your shirt. The most wonderfull feeling is showering after that because tiny pieces of them wash down the clogged drain.
But Iraq is freer than ever and it's totally worth it.
Fuck lent.

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