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Remembered Upon Foreign Shores

I will always remember my forefathers, men who fought through times of war.
Remember their every sacrifice, at home and upon foreign shores.

I remember them for their bravery, as I remember them with pride.
I remember the fields of Poppy's, that grow in a place brave men died.

Now I look upon our leaders, as with dignity wreaths are laid.
Then think of the men still fighting, who are by these leaders betrayed.

I also think of the wounded, the broken, the crippled, the damned, and it pains me to think of the future, for Poppy'a grow well in the sand.

I fail to see justification, our best maimed and led to their deaths.
To be remembered by future leaders, who behind wreaths couldn't care less.

If we 'Truly' remember, why do we still fight foreign wars?
Our Heroes are best here living, than remembered dead upon foreign shores.

Weirdwolf

@Weirdwolf

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Comments & Feedback (17)

True that bro, so much blood spilled in vain ,

Agree ๐Ÿ˜“

@wolfwaff @sjw it's not even war anymore, army's versus armed groups. World class military verses armed farmers and desperate men. Our troops should not be put into this fight to be picked off, maimed and blown up. When our politicians speak of remembrance, I honestly wonder how they sleep.

@Weirdwolf your quite right. Guns are actually no longer the killers.

@Weirdwolf very true they sleep because they have no conscience whatsoever ๐Ÿ˜ก

Brilliant piece mate ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘โ˜•

Awesome ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ‘Œ

They sleep , with lotsa lotsa money , and many armed guards

I call it the agamemnon complex , like from homers Iliad , such hunger for power and wealth , will drive a man to the edges of the world and to the cliffs of sanity

@wolfwaff Agamemnon Complex! Perfectly fitting.

@glen @leelee101 thank you both kind Sirs, I just had to write something today on the subject. I don't disagree with war when there is some worth winning to a nation, not something to die for to serve the greed of an elitist few.

@sjw it seems not. ๐Ÿ˜ก

@eddie12309 guns don't kill people, people kill people. But even war should have rules of engagement, and both sides seem to be horribly blurred.

Beautiful and so true!๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒŸ

I love you remembered today even though you're posting from the UK(: sending much love from America.

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So beautifully put and couldn't agree more ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Stanford did this experiment , that showed 70% of the test subjects would administer a lethal electric shock to fellow person if a present authority figure told them to, and this was just a guy in a lab coat ,

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