Present arms. Present, as in the verb. To present or display. Arms, such as weapons, rifles, firearms even. Sounds bold and dignified, don’t you think?  Like aren’t you imagining some knight in shiny armor brandishing a sword?  If you close your eyes for a moment and concentrate, you can see a broad-shouldered Anglo-Saxon man holding […]

“Oh yeah? Well then get to it!” Private Chester stared at his First Sergeant with a bewildered face, not understanding what he was supposed to ‘get to’. “First Sergeant?” He murmured hesitantly. First Sergeant Hemmingway was a big guy; An apparent gym rat who towered over his peers with broad shoulders and a chest that […]

Then. This was raw and unplanned. This was the thing they both thought was called love. This was his first time.   He thought he was going to marry her.  He could have gazed into those desiring eyes forever.  She would have let him too.  She hadn’t admitted it out loud yet, but she would […]

I chose you. I chose you on purpose. I chose you because you are broken, but choose not to be broken. I chose you for the way that you smile on the outside, despite crumbling on the inside. I chose you because you refuse to give in. I chose you because you want to be […]