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Homage

Fuck them

That aint us

Amen

 

In the pain 

And overflowing

Disdain for

Those we call

Warriors

 

Are the greatest 

Of us

Hiding under

Bushells

Of damage 

And fear

 

Hold them near

Tight

And dear

Drink their

Fear

To understand

The truth

Of your own lives

 

They are your

Reality

Living next door

Your fantasy

Your brutality

Your honesty

There

Right fucking

There

 

There so 

You don’t need

To leave your

Xbox

Big screen

Pretend killing

Hatred by proxy

For blood

You’ll never smell

 

Yes

Enough of it

Smells

Like ten times

Hells

And scarlet becomes

A lie.

And thats why

 

They die

So you can live

Your pretence

But every now

And sometimes then

Look for the ones

Who’s eyes

Swim in the 

Same water

 

For a kinship 

You should learn

 

◄ To the drum.

Amsterdam damage. ►

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Various

Tue 24th May 2016 11:49

Thanks all... David... yes I did comment before.. I think it was regarding the mindset of young people... romanticising the idea of war. Not grasping the enormity, but how this is normal for young. So many reasons for this.

Thank you for the lack of opportunity... remarks. You immediately took me back to my fathers childhood...

When Grandma was left with seven mouths... The eldest, Ernie, joined the Coldstreamers as a boy soldier and sent all his money home... as he progressed... if getting wounded at Dunkirk, North Africa... Italy and Normandy (Cean) is progress! he sent every penny home which paid for his other brothers to get trades eventually.

Later when he was older and broken his brothers cared for him and his family in return never forgetting the great things he did.

Sadly Ernies one attempt at entrepreneurship failed, he had a box of brand new barrettes under his bed in Italy which he planned to make a profit from selling them to local hoods in Hull, but whilst wounded some joker nicked em....

He retired to raise canaries. Wounded forever in so many ways.

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Various

Mon 23rd May 2016 09:32

Thank you Pintor. Means a lot that you comment.

elPintor

Sun 22nd May 2016 23:16

Hey, Phil,

I don't have a lot of words to express how this connects with me, but I see what you're saying..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_l4Ab5FRwM

Thanks for expressing it.

elP

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