I Once Knew a Boy Who Wanted to Go to War

I don’t even know if the story has a happy ending.

Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash

Lately my mind has been consumed by thoughts of war, the military, and the psyche required to be a competent soldier.

Maybe this fixation was spurred on by the Marine half of the couple in the movie Purple Hearts (you can read my thoughts on that movie here). Or perhaps the niggling…