Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat thoughts are no different than anything else.
My wife whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious she'll say...
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link they have engaged with the poem.
