Alyssa Peterson

http://www.thenation.com/blog/154649/soldier-who-committed-suicide-after-she-refused-take-part-torture

http://www.congress.org/news/2009/11/25/rising_military_suicides

Do you know how close I am?
Do you know how close I am?

Do you know how much I
Do you know how much I could
Do you know how much I would

Do you
Do you really

I don't think you realize
I don't think you realize

how close I am
how close I am

I have tried
I am trying
I might
I might

hurry
hu
r
r y

Saturday?

im always...

(but don't worry)

Listen

Dark Dark Dark-Bright Bright Bright


Beautiful

i really do.

This new type of anxiety
is scary in the best of ways
You came into my bed that winter morning only laying first
then touching. then the kiss. oh the kiss. our hands moved across
each other like the snow settling softly on the ground. but only
warmth was felt that new day. And both of our lives shifted
in that very moment.

Choices

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry

Choices by Nikki Giovanni