Here is a poem I wrote, days out of the army…
Dignified Insanity
There was a time we were all together
At that time we had nothing but each other
If the sun rose or stars fell
Creepy silence, hush quiet surrounded us
Separately together
In one moment, not a collection
But one everlasting moment
We felt the fire in our blood
In our souls
The fire was shared—the boiling warmth
collective
The unaware setting
of the infinite metal
Dave Edgar, 1986