"This Is Just A Theory"
By Ben Fortier
Maybe there is no reason
Why the mountains reach their peak.
Why our human eyes appear to leak.
A bond so strong
Won’t last as long
If the roots aren’t ensured
To ground us.
Native Rhode Islander and proclaimed Renaissance Man, Iraq vet. He is the author of Stones of the Wooded Valley and The Silent Whispers of Omens. His latest book PHANTOMS, covers his deployment to Iraq in '06-'07. Ben is the 2024 recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s Robert A. Gannon award for original poetry dealing with Marine Corps Life.
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