Today is Memorial Day in the US. For some, today is a day off from work, a holiday and part of a long weekend. There are picnics, bar-b-ques, parades, salutes, speeches and memories.

Like most I have lost loved ones, family members and friends along the way. I consider myself among the lucky (perhaps only ignorant) that I have lost no one to war.

So why is this happening to me? I feel as if all the sorrow in the world is upon my shoulders. I hear the screams of horror. I feel the pain, the torture, the suffering, the hunger, the loneliness, the hopelessness, the loss and on and on and on.

Please make it go away. I cannot stand it any longer. Please make it go away. Please....