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War

I DREAMT I WAS IN A WAR FIGHTING IMAGINARY BULLETS SOME OF THEM WERE REAL SOME OF THEM GOT THE PEOPLE DOWN AND SOME OF THEM I'D FEEL SOME OF THEM WENT THROUGH MY HEAD NOW SOME OF THEM WON’T HEAL IN THIS WAR I SAW A PRESIDENT THAT MADE US CALL HIM BOSS WE USE TO SEE HIM ON TV IN WESTERNS GETTING SHOT NOW HES GETTING OLD HE CALLED US TO BE FREE THEN SENT US TO A GREAT WAIST LAND TO FIGHT INSANITY IN THIS WAR, I SAW A LITTLE CHILD WHO GAVE ME SUCH A GIFT SHE TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND THEN SHE BLEW US BOTH TO BITS THE PEOPLE LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE TILL THEIR CHILDREN DIE THEY CRY INSIDE, NO MORE AND BURY THEIR HEAD IN A HOLEY BOOK OF WAR THEY NEVER QUESTIONED WHY THEY NEVER SAW HIM DIE THEY NEVER SAW THE SHATTERED MAN COME BACK HOME INSIDE.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Book: Shattered Sighs