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American Thoughts

Have you ever been lost in a maze of your own wondering thoughts? Have your dreams ever become reality and has reality ever become a dream? Do you hear the echo of shots and are you willing to give it a try? Listen to the mother, the father, the children cry! This is the world we live in An everlasting chaotic sin. Death is all around us, tomorrow is never promised. Reach out and touch the ground, let the green grass tickle your naked feet. Now let go of your fears, figure out where yesterday and tomorrow meet. Slip into unconsciousness underneath the stars. Dream of the Milky Way just below Mars. Has your brain ever tricked you and have you ever tricked your brain? What if day and night were one in the same? What is your name and do you play the game? Are you confused or do you have a clear mind? Does the moon really glow, does the sun ever shine? In these greedy times, the lies are the truth and the truth is a lie. It's the illusion of good overcome by the trickery of evil. These are American thoughts Where lies are bought and winless wars are fought. My American thoughts. I am free, even with my eye's closed I can see. I am me, I am free, I am born My fragile eggshell brain enclosed by my American thoughts. Can you hear them, do you feel them? Were you born and are you alive? Are you free and have you died? Has the truth been spoken and has the truth ever lied? When it does will you listen or will you speak your mind? Do you have American thoughts like mine?

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Date: 5/18/2011 3:11:00 PM
Yes, Danny, I do have thoughts like these sometimes. Lies are bought by the public during elections and we are always engaging in "winless wars" like Vietnam. It gets pretty frustrating sometimes. This is an excellent poem that expresses your angst well. Welcome to Poetry Soup! I hope you enjoy your stay here and make a lot of new friends. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 5/18/2011 1:44:00 PM
Wow Danny so poignant questions appear to ponder in this piece..intense and dramatic one.. and u are right .. chaos and sin exist all around us but we are winners just the same luv..
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