humping weight in the wait of night

mud & slush spill

into my lowas

rifle slung, on my back

the milky-white

heavens 

leaking pools

of misty starlight

ceaselessly

along the

anishinaabe 

tundra

we haven’t seen the sun

but

the boys march on

blue shadows in the

lonely dark

Written by J.M. Ó Faoláin 
Writer

J.M. Ó Faoláin is a 26-year-old with a bachelor of arts in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces as both a cavalry officer and then an infantry officer for six years. He bounced at several prominent bars in the Toronto area. He has several poems published in High Horse Magazine and was shortlisted by Palette Poetry Magazine for the Resistance and Resilience prize.