SILENT VOICES

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The souls of my comrades cried out with mine,
beneath white stones, line after line.
Our hard fought democracy was crumbling away.
Rivulets of blood encircled the earth once again.

Our voices were mingling with man's struggles above.
Souls no longer at rest, angry and torn.
How dare leaders make nothing of history and deaths,
fought with such blind obedience and now they mock.

The winds were changing around the world.
Each country had its' own hurricane of tormoil.
I could hear the voices from long ago,
surfacing and shouting, it's tome to go.

This would be a collective march,
from us and those living above.
We would shout together against tyrannical rule.
And die not from obedience, but that we should.

The winds were changing around the world
Each country had it's hurricane of turmoil.
I could hear the voices from long ago,
surfacing and shouting, its time to go.

I doubted a change could occur
Without more blood spilling
Seeping below.
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Posted: Sep 2017
About this poem:
I wrote this poem when poetry was in my blood, in 2013. I have been re-reading my poetry hoping it would spark my visions off again.
Sadly it did not, but this poem speaks volumes as nothing has indeed changed.

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Ummka
Hi good verse. Yes, it is a pity what in life so happens.hug
Akeldama40
Only the dead and fallen have one thing in common they do for duty for their countrymen
not for policy. A way to resolve the arguements of leaders put them in a boxing ring last man standing wins the arguement. It is better to see two men die than millions over petty differences
Redex
thanks Ummka but it still did not stir anymore pen to paper
and as things unfold in the world the space for the dead will take over space for the livingblues
Redex
AKELDama40 thanks for reading and yes would be goos if that did happen, but we would be surprised that many ordinary folk have hate in their hearts too and want war blues
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