"Do Not"
By The Blood and The Bones
Do not return here with longing rattling in the place where a heart once hung…
With readiness finally on your lying lips.
Do not look for me when you have sowed your wild oats and regret leads you to a place you once wanted to call home.
When every night feels like winter and time no longer treats you like the spring..
When you have nothing to give the takers that you left this place of adoration and comfort to explore.
Or when you discover there is only less to be found out there instead of more.
Do not seek me out when your soul is weary and your body used up.
I am no longer soft.
And I am no longer where you left me.
What I am is long gone.
Because there is no wait in me.
There never was.
The Blood and the Bones is the pseudonym for a former lover of a US servicemember. Follow her here.
What’s happening at VetRep…
Catch our interview with Kacy Tellessen this week on the Savage Wonder Podcast.
Savage WonderGround is coming back to Alexandria, VA on April 13th. Get all the details and snag your tickets here.
Our class schedule has expanded and we’re thrilled to bring you classes on the following dates!
Acting For Beginners, 10am-12pm, now offered weekly every Saturday! Registration is currently open through April.
Playwriting for Veterans (online), 7-8:30pm, March 8 (tonight!), April 19
Playwriting for Veterans (in person), 6-9pm, March 15, April 26, May 31
Registration details can be found here.
Voting for the next round in the Hudson Valley Reader’s Poll begins tomorrow! You all were amazing at voting us through the first round and we would be so honored to make it through the next of Hudson Valley’s Best. Voting will begin on March 9 at this link.