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[title] => Fields of War
[time] => 2005-03-16 12:34:20
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[bodytext] => Air raid sirens in the distance A sound all to familiar to my ears Deafening noise that once brought terror But now no one sheds a tear A 5 year old with no arms Stands at an old church gate His family is now all gone So all he does is wait A group of kids run through the grass Another bomb falls and just like that All thats left is a field of ash A baby cries A mother dies Another city leveled to the ground Another day to clean up the dead For those still left around Copper and ash smell from the funeral pyres A sad site indeed Bloody, sickening, disgusting fires Is there anyone left now to grieve Arms and legs and skulls and fingers Signs of those who once lived here The bombs have fell and the sirens linger Enemies let out their cheers The sirens song finally fades And what justice has been done? Murder of the innocent By the order of just one... [comments] => 2 [counter] => 198 [topic] => 57 [informant] => ravenshadows [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => war )
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