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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · War · #2281399
A short poem.
MEMORIES OF A WAR WHERE HEROES WERE BORN
FROM EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO HAD A LOVED ONE TO MOURN

MEMORIES OF A COUNTRY TORN APART BY SOMEONE’S GREED
LIVES LOST FOREVER, BEFORE THEY WERE FREED

MEMORIES OF CHILDREN WITHOUT FATHERS THEY WILL NEVER KNOW
MOTHER’S WITHOUT SONS WHOSE LOVE THEY CANNOT SHOW

BE PROUD OF THOSE WHO REMAIN TO PICK UP EACH PIECE
AND PRAY THAT SOON THE WARS WILL CEASE

SOON THEY’LL ALL BE HOME, SHOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE
DON’T FORGET THE REASON THEY HAD TO FIGHT OVER THERE

DON’T SAY WHAT WAS IT FOR OR WHY DID THEY FIGHT
BUT SAY “FOR THE FREEDOM THAT IS EVERYONE’S GOD GIVEN RIGHT”

WHEN IT’S ALL OVER AND A FAINT MEMORY
REMEMBER TO THANK GOD THAT AMERICA IS FREE!


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