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Come gather all you're things,
Stepping into the darkness,
Hearing lies you craved,
Suffocating on ideologies,
Suffering your way to pain.
Will the sun shine on the broken shadows,
Hiding away from the corps of you're demise,
Standing over with 1 hand held high,
Salute the end is near
TAKE ADVANTAGE
HOLD THE LINE
BULLETS FLYING BY
WE SURVIVED.
A very relevant and
A very relevant and illuminating portrait of someone thrust into the soul-crushing duty of death. I love how you unearthed the hollow "righteousness" of war:
"Stepping into the darkness,
Hearing lies you craved,
Suffocating on ideologies,
Suffering your way to pain."
Powerful stuff! After the devastation from the war within, the words "WE SURVIVED" are particularly poignant and chilling. An excellent commentary.
Wow thank you so much for the
Wow thank you so much for the comment. That means alot especially coming from a poet like youself.