the manhunt

• the frozen river which ran through his face
• the blown hinge of his lower jaw
• fractured rudder of shoulder blade
• parachute silk of his punctured lung
• after passionate nights and intimate days
• handle and hold
• only then, did i come close
• only then would he let me trace
• feel the hurt/ of his grazed heart
• every nerve in his body had tightened and closed
• context

  told from the perspective of a soldier’s wife, deals with the idea of ptsd and its impact on the soldier and those around him