All the hidden lies and half truths live in the beautiful words they give you
dig them out
push your fingers into the dirt and rocks, the sharp and jagged things beneath the softness..
I know your hands are bloody
and tired
from searching, always searching
but you must not stop
it will be there waiting beneath the veil of surface
what they should have given freely
if they had really wanted to be loved
dig it out, girl
save yourself
The Blood and the Bones is the pseudonym for a former lover of a US servicemember. Follow her here.
What’s happening at VetRep…
Listen to our latest episode with Kimberly Evans 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.