Tripwire
...She had been indoctrinated to believe her country was free
But she hit the tripwires, had nowhere to flee
She learned the hard way that what she'd been taught
were lies from a regime that couldn't...
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Categories:
tripwires, character, corruption, freedom, hate,
Form: Lyric
Triggers
...used to be one of those people that didn’t really understand triggers and how the simplest of things could send you tumbling down a rabbit hole back into that memory. i never understood how something...
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Categories:
tripwires, dark, deep, depression, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Vietnam Reflections 220 Part 1
...vietnam reflections 220
in triplicate
1st day 0500 hours...
we trod silently
unobserved
just inside the edge of the tree line
until we found an old tree scrub
whose branches brushed the eart...
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Categories:
tripwires, war,
Form: Free verse
Tired
...Barely a man
And yet I've already seen it all
I've seen the blood, I've seen the tears
I've seen countless men succumb to their fears
I'm tired of these damn wars
That disguise themselves as my ever...
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Categories:
tripwires, angst, drug,
Form: Free verse