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Array ( [sid] => 183085 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => America Falling [time] => 2016-05-13 14:07:59 [hometext] => By: E. Wayne Searles [bodytext] =>
Another trail of tears
roll down the cheeks of my face
As I watch the everyday destruction
within the human race

The sadness
it churns emotions within
I find myself shedding tears
over and over again

Having served
with men and women of the very best
With serious emotion
I cannot forget men and women laid to rest

So many young people
of the generation today
Fighting for causes without a clue
they’ve been given the right to say what they say

It is so sad that they abuse those rights
when they stand on, or our flag they burn
They have no respect instilled
this makes my emotions ever so churn

It is so sad to watch
the demise of a country once so great
It is now being divided
between color and hate

Where will it all end
what will the fate of our country be
Will our freedoms be lost in vain
degrading honor of those who have fought for you and me

{God Bless America}

Written: 13 May 2016
Copyright © 2016 E. Wayne Searles. All Rights Reserved
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America Falling

Contributed by waynster on Friday, 13th May 2016 @ 02:07:59 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

Another trail of tears
roll down the cheeks of my face
As I watch the everyday destruction
within the human race

The sadness
it churns emotions within
I find myself shedding tears
over and over again

Having served
with men and women of the very best
With serious emotion
I cannot forget men and women laid to rest

So many young people
of the generation today
Fighting for causes without a clue
they’ve been given the right to say what they say

It is so sad that they abuse those rights
when they stand on, or our flag they burn
They have no respect instilled
this makes my emotions ever so churn

It is so sad to watch
the demise of a country once so great
It is now being divided
between color and hate

Where will it all end
what will the fate of our country be
Will our freedoms be lost in vain
degrading honor of those who have fought for you and me

{God Bless America}

Written: 13 May 2016
Copyright © 2016 E. Wayne Searles. All Rights Reserved

Copyright Â© waynster ... [ 2016-05-13 14:07:59]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: America Falling (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 14th May 2016 @ 07:30:04 PM AEST
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Seek your own thoughts, my friend. Time and politicians desecrate memories. Even George Washington had slaves, and Lincoln never thought that black folk deserved true equality. Let me tell you of a quote by Mick McGahey: /'/Lions led by donkeys./'/

Re: America Falling (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 14th May 2016 @ 08:32:27 PM AEST
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simply walking down the street
you might meet a veteran of war
whose fallen upon hard times

some are even in prison for foolish
crimes

close by in Haiti no one seems to care
and we wonder why

about so many things

my brother fought in vietnam, my father in wwII
my uncle died there, my grandfather in wwI

on on and on and on...

so many in my family which is large
served and still do

yes, in bosnia and yes in Iraq too

so yes, you should know, I honor you!

none of it was your fault or theirs.

of this much alone I am certain...

Peace!

Re: America Falling (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 14th May 2016 @ 09:26:22 PM AEST
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I wanted to come back to this, and just say,
I deeply honor you, as well as the others
for your bravery and sacrifice.

I don/'/t know about flag burning, but I don/'/t like
sending people to war even if it is necessary.

I sat in the apartment of an old women who served in Africa as a nurse, where she met her husband a pilot in WWII. Before she went to the field she actually served
general Pershing who was ill and very old at the time.

After the war she married the pilot and they lived in Iran
where he flew cargo planes for a time.

Iran, she told me was a beautiful place, and the people there were absolutely wonderful.

My dad, an ex-marine, spent almost three years, first in the South Pacific, and then in China, fighting against Japan. My mom was a nurse then, seaside.

You know firsthand that war sucks. I can tell you, my father who died in 96, had hundreds of letters written to him from other soldiers, I can tell you that because I still have them in my own possession.

My dad never spoke of the war, his injuries suffered, the malaria, nothing of the sort.

He loved China, he did tell me that.
I was only given the letters after he died.

I also have his boots.

Peace!

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