by Lt. Richard Rai | Jun 3, 2010 | Poetry
An expanse of powder blue sky, Baking down, In which friendlies fly. Enclosing a mishmash, Stones, concrete, canvas, Our new home, we know as Lash. Heat surrounds you like a haze, Trying to dissuade us, In this first phase. Cascading down the chest, Rivulets of sweat...
by Lt. Richard Rai | Jun 3, 2010 | Poetry
As I sit underneath this flawless sky, At home it’s another wife and families turn to cry. I can’t begin to understand their pain, Another blot in this 10th chapter, Another stain. Somewhere near a bomb maker celebrates success! But he is the mine on Helmands path,...
by Lt. Richard Rai | Jun 3, 2010 | Poetry
Like a pilgrim searching for some unholy answer, I am not myself but part of something more, You might call me with conviction a desperate chancer, I’d not dispute it, Time will tell if it’s my fatal flaw. I may have chosen this path I walk, But the path I walk is not...
