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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
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