“Army Brat”
By Amy Sexauer
I left home so many times
I forgot where I was leaving
I grew up in 14 places
Many school and temporary friends
But now I live in an old town
The kind of town
People’s kids get stuck in
Where I watch my memories fade
Against unchanging architechture
I want to hold this mailing address
Longer than I’ve held any relationship
I want a home
Built on sidewalks where my friends
used to live
But always come back
I want to be the one that stays
Somewhere
Anywhere
This time
Amy Sexauer is a poet and author of Poppies, published by Dead Reckoning Collective, from which this poem was taken. She is a West Point graduate who spent nine years on active duty in Military Police and Psychological Operations units. She is currently a graduate student at Harvard University. Follow her here.
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