“Then, seemingly from out of nowhere, appeared sea gulls… forming a welcoming committee for an island I hadn’t the slightest desire to visit.”

“We must have made a funny sight: two gentlemen in white suits and white bowlers tiptoeing through the jungle.”

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”

“Hiding amongst the thick shadows,Beckoning like a seductive siren of the deep ocean,Tempting with a false, impossible desire”

“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”

“Bring me somewhere newAway from this place;Its memories haunt meAnd I wish, longing to forget”

“MistakenMemories are all that I have to anchor me,Yet they’re often what leaves me unhinged,Falling from that could I thought was so safe.You came to a place, where – besides me –You were uninvited.Leaving, you promised me I could alwaysCount on you.I especially miss that.My kindred spirit,The one who promised to love me,Only to prove yourself a liar –Going from Prince CharmingTo the Big Bad Wolf,Truly thinking only of yourselfLeaving meWith empty promises, alone in the dark,Burnt from the initial sparkOf what I mistook for love,Making my memories a false refuge.(full poem)”