Land of the Free IndeedA Poem by SypherDostraviusI described what I see everyday.War is the car People are the fuel Money is the engine Your children sent to die A president living out his fantasy Getting off on the destruction Mother Earth raped again Guess who The president says “It’s for the good of us all.” How would he know? He can’t see the future He can’t predict the consequences Everything is based on chance And based on choice What gives him the right? Because he is president? Wrong no one has that power But Patriotic Americans obey War propaganda has clouded their minds And they send off their sons and daughters Into a firestorm of blood and violence While like the president parents stay home Comfortable in there couches watching The war from afar on their television sets The old survive while the young fight For their survival…
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Added on February 13, 2008 AuthorSypherDostraviusSalt Lake, UTAboutI am a simple, humble young man with life experience beyond my years. Mostly my writing comes from what I like to call my alter ego. A passionate, intense, romantic with a mystery about him. more..Writing
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