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the next war will be better
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the next war will be better |
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rad802 Member
since 2008-04-19
Posts 279KY U.S.A. 
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The cost in lives, and loves, and tears, and dollars. The strategist, and hawks, and rouges, and scholars. Ambition has made us a nation of debtors. We can only hope the next war will be better. We struggle for our first breath, and onward to our feet, but really we are still only in our infancy. From further down the block I can just make out the echoing of footsteps from the alleyway infantry. We are strong willed but we belong. Scurrying to gather pieces of heaven. We don't expect you to know this song. Hurrying to capture hill number seven. The past unfolds, and fades, and tears,, and crumbles. The experts guess and blame, ignore, and fumble. Our leaders made this slippery slope even wetter. We can only hope the next war will be better. We struggle for our first breath, and onward to our feet, but really we are just learning to live in peace As far back as our history I can still make out the sound of war and death that hardly ever seems to cease. We are strong willed but we belong. As long as we can keep this planet together. I don't expect our leaders to never be wrong. But can't we come up with anything better? To keep from bleeding, keep the leading edge moving the other way... away |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
This is full of wonderful insight and passion...great write! |
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