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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · War · #1284726
So what if it's a little political, and holds honest value to today's problems?
One man, one thought, unending life,
One son, four girls, a house and wife,
Four million men standing tall,
Eight hundred thousand take the fall
Living, breathing, life deceiving,
Dying, Buried, family grieving.

No one smarter for the cause,
One life ends without pause.
Fifty-six fates up in the air,
Mismatched, tangled,
Broken, Bare.
One for all, and all for none,
No one said War was fun.
Pain, Crying,
Women trying,
People die for one person's lying.

Hunted, slaughtered, killed, maimed,
People live and die in chains.
Danger, Intrigue, Espionage and more,
Souls are shattered to the core.
Ending, starting continuing, mend,
What message does that send?

Breakout, run, fly or swim,
If you get out, it's easy to win,
Hide, Die, Live again,
Starting out? Find a Friend!
Grow, thrive,
Learn, live, Die,
Feel, exist, contort,
Twist.

See change,
Learn your range,
Test your skills,
It's not strange.
Group, Gather, Grow, Gain,
Save a life, it's all the same.

Diagnose the symptoms,
Love man, Hate disease,
Live life like an Earthquake,
But flow with the breeze.

See the man behind the war,
Make him pay,
No one more.
Once you get your differential,
Band together, it's essential,
'Cause it's time you show your
Greater Potential
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