when i die
bury me
naked.
no pictures at my
funeral.
so the mournful
can argue their opinions
of me until
the twilight hours
where the stars can
be seen the
best.
they will say
"he was like this.”
”no. he was like that.”
no
i was both. and i was neither.
i was nothing
and
i was everything.
Steve Callahan is a writer, a poet and a former Marine infantryman. Bursting with creative efforts, Steve runs a poetry site, podcast, and is heavily involved in PB Abbate. Steve’s writing covers his experiences in the Marines, his deployment to Helmand and the psychological peaks and valleys of an infantryman’s life. Follow him here.
Listen to our Podcast with Steve here.