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April 2031
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April 2031 |
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Starith Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 176Leesburg, FL USA |
"April 2031" Written by: Jani Lane (Warrant) They say the sky used to be blue I don't quite believe it It's probably always been the color that it is And there were cotton candy coulds And birds to fly through it Just stories we all love to tell our kids So I'll close my electronic door And keep the cold outside And hug my aluminium pillow oh so tight And pray the radiation doesn't make me sick tonight They say there used to be a wind That wasn't caused by fans I wonder how it would have felt in my hair And the nuclear ring Around the moon was caused by man If it was, then it's much to late to care So I'll put my safety goggles on And gaze out at the sun As the artificial atmosphere machines Give off a constant hum In a world that's cold and peaceful April 2031 No more sky and no more trees April 2031 No more oxygen to breathe April 2031 No more hate no more war April 2031 Nothing left worth fighting for April 2031 As far back as Vietnam We should have learned our lesson But we closed our eyes And sent our sons away And they told us we were winning As they sold more ammunition Some were angry most just looked the other way And the night's illuminated By the endless glowing sand That swallowed all the oceans And choked off all the land In a world beyond resuscitation Even by God's hand No more mountains no more sea April 2031 No more you and no more me April 2031 No more music no more songs April 2031 No God left to blame it on April 2031 No more childern playing April 2031 No more need for praying April 2031 I felt that I should post this so that all might read it...it caught me the first time I ever heard it...it has a very erie truth about it. I hope we all take heed to it's warnings. I also hope you all enjoy it. ------------------ We are only truly apperciated after we are no more! |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
Wow, this poem is amazing. I'm not often in the fantasy forum, but this caught my eye. Iespecially liked the line: No God left to blame it on. ------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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Starith Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 176Leesburg, FL USA |
I know exactly what you mean...I have often listened to songs that said something to me...but this one really caught my attention. It's scary to think that something like this is possible...but it is. I felt I should share this with all of you aout there. Glad you enjoyed it!  Star ------------------ We are only truly apperciated after we are no more! |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Just reading this makes me shiver.. HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Thanks for posting it!! But if the world ended up that way in my lifetime I won't be here to see it!! Nuclear war is so terrifying in it's finality. I've hated it ever since first seeing 'The Day After' at 16!! This is one for my files.. ------------------ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny, compared to what lies within us. ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
This makes you think ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Starith Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 176Leesburg, FL USA |
Thank you all for your coments. I had the urge to share this with others. As Hoot said this does indeed make you think. I like the message that this gives. Star ------------------ We are only truly apperciated after we are no more! |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Months later I'm gonna share this with the folk in Dark Forum #2. Thanks again for sharing this.. I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn..... ~Isis~ (Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit) |
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