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War's Inheritance
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There is only so much
the brain and emotions
can absorb or feel
before the mind
and feeling anything
shuts down.
.
Recollect the running
screaming child in the
Viet Nam photo
when her world was
burning. Life
was the nightmare.
.
It may take years
to become whole again
after seeing mass
graves, being the reason
for them. Some wounds
heal in time, some
never will.
.
allets
08-02-13
318p
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Wars Inheritence
Yes the senses reel and go into overdrive at the amount of violence and atrocities war portrays. Really good poem good read, I agree with you when the senses are closed down to so much violence it's an automatic response I think to enable the senses to recover. Sad topic but I enjoyed reading allets.
http://www.postpoems.org/authours/a.griffiths57
We Build Huge Military Capability
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It is like having a pantry full of cookies, you eat them because they are there. Now we shoot missiles for long range bombing. Is it about jobs? Wealth? Russia postures but can not afford a war. What do impoverished states with nukes do? Take the world hostage? The next world war may be the last hot time. ~A~
A more darker, introverted to
A more darker, introverted to your usual wit and cheek, but I enjoyed this muchly
Cheek
...s a good epitaph, dark is too...but the vets are all mine if it will keep them alive long enough to heal. Sincerely, allets.
a reason to make
a reason to make unconditional love a life goal for the world. my sighs could be endless..for this i will beg on my knees for strength.
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...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
War
We can not seem to have peace very long. Belatedly, your poem pal , Stella