Thank you so much to everyone at the M.O.D and the RAF and to all who have kindly supported my writing.

We say

July 5, 2026

We say things we do not say.
We hold the words in our minds,
and in our mouths,
and we control ourselves,
whilst wanting to say,
everything that we should not say.
And we say it with our eyes,
and we calmly stay quiet,
because being quiet,
in front of the opinionated,
is usually better,
and I would rather be that way.