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War Wakes You Up

War is misunderstood
Unless you are serving 
Then it is real

War is sad
No matter what side you are on
Anguish for many

War wakes you up
And shakes you up
Leaving you a different person

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Robert Kinard

January 1, 2020 at 2:58 PM

True, true, and true. War dose that. Today we call the small wars (Conflicts) Why they need to fight I'll never know. I manage to kill nothing but time. 8 years 9 months 19 days. in the US ARMY.

Caren Krutsinger

January 1, 2020 at 5:32 PM

My daughter was a captain in the Air Force. I was so glad she was not deployed as this was during the Gulf War. We felt lucky.

Lady Labyrinth

December 31, 2019 at 1:47 AM

War. There are many types of war. They say, "All is fair in Love and War". This is a blatant lie of course. All is not fair in Love and War. How one is serving in War has been misunderstood from the beginning of time, but from the puppet masters, never misunderstood, it is black and white, clear cut, strategic, like a Chess Board. This is true.

Caren Krutsinger

December 31, 2019 at 12:47 PM

It is a chess board, and the poorest of the poor are the players.