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April 30, 2010
By Frog-Prince PLATINUM, Lakeside, California
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Frog-Prince PLATINUM, Lakeside, California
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it"

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Through the bloody days
Through the darkest of nights
You are the reason
The reason they must fight
You sit at peace
While they risk they're lives
Tell me,
How do you sleep
Knowing what you've done
You've started this war
Only to murder our young
They fight for "freedom"
You say with a smile
Then you hid your face
And live in denial
I hope the screams
Of those who have died
Haunt you still
With every lie
That you speak with fear
As the familys cry
I wish that you
Could get the chance to die.

© Antoine B., New York, NY

The author's comments:
MY inspiration came from hearing that an estimated 100,000 men and women have died over the last years that we have been at war with Iraq...
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