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Written out of respect and love for my cousin's child.

From a short series of poems.

I've been damaged before But then again, who hasn't? We all have our baggage So maybe that's a bad excuse as to why I never say it clearly But i..

How can you have any excitement if you're not daring?

This piece was written for my fellow Marines, mainly frontline Marines.

-With tear filled eyes, she cries -So many thoughts racing through her mind -Wanting to say so much -But unable to word anything correctly -..

-I never saw it coming, so far away but so close in mind and spirit -The perfect woman, an unexpected encounter -I don't understand it but praye..

America -In a land where freedom is kept in a caged box -Where free speech is silenced -And unalienable rights, -Are ..

-It was a beautiful place -Where war didn't exist -But instead, peace -where hate was replaced with love -And natures songs were constantly bein..

The Clock -She struggles to keep a steady heartbeat -Her fear of the unknown has her nervous to take steps forward -So she stands in the same sp..