Noise From Inside the Heart, Mind, Cage
By John Tidwell - Conneaut, Ohio
Veterans Voices Writing Project Inc. What does it do for me?
Without an outlet of relief and expression. I would probably sink deeper into depression.
The Noise Inside is screaming loud and clear. Is it me? As my words dance around in my head, the Heart wants to feel peace.
If that is not possible, what else can be said.
I wait, feeling the thoughts. Nothing changes but words on pages, hoping the screaming will cease.
My mind creates the thoughts that swirl around here and there. I must express the hidden within, quieting the ill thoughts that linger and are hard to bear.
I sit in my cage writing with my tired hand, wondering where to begin. When I do, Veterans’ Voices sometimes prints, giving me a way out to mentally escape from my society’s sins and the private noise within.
John Tidwell received THE JOSEPH POSIK AWARD for a veteran who encourages other hospitalized veterans to write.
