Page 115 - Total War on PTSD

I have to move out on my own, get a job, pay my bills and finish high school on my own. \[more dust\] I am trying hard to make dad proud but nothing is working. I’ll try harder. \[scrape\] I have to get away from here but how? I’ll join the military, that’ll make him proud. No. \[squeeze\] Going to war. I want to go. I need to go. \[press\] My best friend was burned so badly that I didn’t recognize him when he asked for help. \[take more off\] Back from war. He’ll be proud. No. \[dust\] He died. Damn it! Why? Just once! Why didn’t you say those words? PROUD. \[fuck\] Regroup. My family. My career. Focus. \[dust\] Failed marriage. Kids won’t speak to me. I’m alone. \[mud, dust, scrape\] Career. New love. New life. Hope. \[dust\] Another war, deployments, will she put up with it? Will she put up with me? \[scrape away\] Dave...my friend, my mentor, my Marine brother. Why? Why did you do it? \[hell, fuck, dust\] She did it. She stayed with me. How? \[dust\] She shared her breath, her life, her Yoga. I can sleep! I can breathe. I can rest. \[dust\] This is what I see coming from the clay. “Namaste.” – MSgt Beckler Connected Warriors is deeply committed to helping the world feel better one breath at a time. Address: 4950 Communication Ave., Ste. 115, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Website: http://www.connectedwarriors.org, Phone: 954-278-3764 115 of 1039