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UNTAMEDelegance
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since 2009-05-30
Posts 222
Oregon

0 posted 2009-11-19 05:09 PM


Raindrops fall from skies of blood
upon the dying men
Who say their final prayers to Gods
who take them home again.

I can’t envy the man
who travels all alone
And tells the soldiers’ families
he’s never coming home.

Raindrops fall from skies of blood
upon a wooden case
Mother can’t stop crying since
She saw my brother’s face.

That night Mon went quiet.
I went to her and when
I saw her empty eyes I knew
she’d never cry again.

Rain falls down for the soldiers;
rain falls down for me.
Hiding all my broken tears
in its melody.

The soothing sound of silent rain
falling from above
Will take the pains of wars away
And wash away the blood.

Raindrops fall from skies of blood
and children pay the price.
And eyes that never saw the world
are opened to its lies.

Ignorance and all the things
I never saw before
Have hit me where it hurts the most;
the ravages of war  

Rain falls down for the soldiers;
rain falls down for me.
Hiding all my broken tears
in its melody.

The soothing sound of silent rain
falling from above
Will take the pains of wars away
And wash away the blood.

© Copyright 2009 Melissa Reneé Axtell - All Rights Reserved
shalisadefa
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since 2009-08-13
Posts 114

1 posted 2009-11-21 07:59 PM


When I finished reading the last sentence I realized - as I was looking out of my window -, that I was expecting it to be raining.

Nice work.


Osprey
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since 2009-04-12
Posts 249

2 posted 2009-11-21 08:33 PM


You do them proud, my darling, but nothing will ever wash away the blood. Sassoon would tell you from the asylum, sent by Graves to save him from a court martial. 'They' slaughtered a generation on the fear of revolution.
We shall rise again, oh yes we will.

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