Standing ten feet tall, perched on the shoulders of giants,
I find myself teetering on the brink of the past, as if on the verge of a fall. Feeling the weight of history and the pull of the past.
A sudden sound reverberates through the air, instantly propelling me back in time – back to the break of day, hurtling towards the gates of Hell.
This particular sound possesses the extraordinary power to transport me to a specific moment and place in time, enveloping me in a vivid recollection of the past.
I'm reluctant to let these memories fade, yet some moments remain elusive.
Neville Johnson is a UK veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. Follow him here. Listen to the Savage Wonder podcast episode with him here.
Sangin, Then and Now by Neville Johnson.
Sweeping Leaves in the Wind, Good Soldiers Don’t Cry, and Alone in a Crowded Room by the Veterans Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.
In Love…&War: The Anthology of Poet Warriors by Dead Reckoning Collective, featuring selections from Neville Johnson.
What’s happening at VetRep…
Listen to our latest episode with Lois Hicks-Wozniak on the Savage Wonder Podcast, where we interview incredibly talented musicians, artists, writers, and theater professionals, who also happen to be veterans.
Join us every Saturday through June for Gnit, by Will Eno, a cautionary tale about, among other things, how the opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful, and willfully American reading of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, a 19th century Norwegian play famous for all the wrong reasons. Settle in with a delicious mocktail and dessert, and be sure to get your tickets early or they might just sell out.