Huts for Vets
Like the lines of white crosses
In Arlington,
And so many other places,
My tears fall for my dead
Onto a pine floor in a cabin
10,000 feet above the sea,
And their desert graves.
Plum Blossoms, Santa fe
Just distant pine covered hills
Sandia Mountains
Seasonal Understanding
Sadly lonely aspen
Silhouetted on top a distant ridge.
Suddenly!
I don’t feel so alone.
Whalen, September, 2019
Colonel Tim Whalen (retired) served as a U.S. Army Special Forces officer (Green Beret) with service in Afghanistan soon after 9/11. In 2003, injuries ended his 23 year career. Subsequently he has pursued graduate studies in the Liberal Arts and Eastern Classics and helped other veterans with their post-war adjustments. Tim has decades of experience in leadership, mentoring, training, outdoor activities, and risk management. Since retiring, he has mentored veterans, tutored young children in reading and earned a classical text-based masters degree in the Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM.
