Honorable Discharge

My first heartbreak felt like something that nobody had ever battled before

Yet I look all around

and there the people stand

Warriors

Soldiers in combat

Veterans

Each with a heart on their sleeve a little more covered up than the last time I saw them

Vulnerability

Is the biggest sign of

Strength

To love

after losing something so precious

Is a victory

and we are victorious.

Triumphant amongst our leaders

who pave the way for future treaties

Though this love may not be the irrevocable kind of eternal monogamy

This love dwells in a room alone

Conspiring and escape route due to

alien residence

And I ache for a touch so gentle and soft as gunpowder

Like the way it comes out of my mouth when serenading parts of my body

Thanking them for their service

A rebellious act of defiance

To say no more

Soft and sweet kisses to the bone

Before I lay in a grave alone

Wishing and regretting that my sacred devotion was not taken for granted in this lifetime

And the flower was only acknowledged for its' beauty

Instead of picking its' petals

Staring into the lavatory mirror

i smirk

Love

the Victor

the Honorable Victor

There is no more sounds of bombs going off

And I am no longer a prisoner of war

Payton Weston