After the war Peter’s teacher figured it would be a kind gesture to have their students write letters to veterans. Most of the students wrote short paragraphs where they were thanked for their service. The average length was a couple of paragraphs, while some only sent a couple of sentences.
Peter wrote four handwritten pages. He walked the veteran through the trauma they were gonna experience. Heartfelt descriptions of the emotional stress. He told them how the war might’ve ended, but it would continue in his heart, mind and dreams. Peter didn’t thank them for their service, but apologized for their loss. Peter knew the pain, he had seen it in his soldiers. He put as much experience he could into the letter.
When his teacher mailed the letters to an army office, Peter’s letter were covered in their tears.
