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    Caught in the Crossfire

    (1983) …I’m running scared, I’m running fast, I’m running for my lifeWhile soldiers fire from the left and rebels shoot from the rightThe sound of death is a deafening boom from all the bloody strifeBut as a  nine-year-old boy, it...

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    • Powerfully penned, Wally. A very heartfelt write my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • Thank you Damian.
        It’s an impressionable memory that still seems vivid in my mind from time to time. Either way, I’m glad to be here and share with others.

    • This had my heart pounding for you. That is something I would never want for anyone to experience in their lives. It does happen though.

      • Hi Fia,
        It all happened so fast and yet the memory of it is still fresh in my mind after so many years. Now that I read books and stories I’m baffled at how bad (or worse) it was for others. There is a movie coming out later this year about one of these massacres. I wrote a piece about it while at DU but I know the movie will tell the heartbreaking story in detail.

    • Sometimes I’m a little partial to war and the suffering because of it. The futility of the common soldier and civilians. it’s never glamorous and never without suffrage. You wrote it well.

      • Thank you so much Styxian.
        The damage it does to people as a society has long lasting consequences. As I was telling Fia in the previous comment, the movie coming out later this year will tell more of the stories. We must always learn our history to see where we’ve been so we see the signs ahead.
        Hope you’re doing well.

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    YaYa Witches of the...FVC!<

    sometimes you just need to smoke take in that cancer to kill the cancer that has been eating at you i had a friend thought they were cool they played in a band one that had a message then they started talking some craziness got all fucking...

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    • Powerfully penned, Nick. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • Is this a song because I am reading this as a song. This makes me think of what the person is observing in his life and how people interact with him.

    • “I don’t hate my family
      I just don’t love them”

      That’s so profound. Family isn’t the same thing to everyone. Honestly, the people who really raised us are the family…our friends, our mentors, our music. The rest is sometimes just DNA. I agree with Fia, this feels like lyrics to me

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    Brings Me Down

    i woke up with such a positive attitude the sky was sunny beautiful scenery all around everything was perfect till you graced me with your disdain all your hostility brings me down heard from a friend you were talking crap guess you don't have the guts to say...

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    When Your Poems Find a Home

    Each verse I pen and then disperse out into the universe and the unknownThey carry a little part of me with heart and soul that’s beyond flesh and boneBut they return with an echo from the voices of others...

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    • Beautifully penned, Wally. Excellent write my friend. The life of a writer is never boring. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • Thank you very much Damian. It’s our never ending search for the perfect words, which is an exciting journey.
        Hope you’re doing well.

    • We are all here to share words; to offer through cyberspace an image, a scene, or an experience that can hopefully come alive in the readers mind.

      If we have writings we are too shy to reveal to friends or relatives, there’s always a place waiting where we can share with likeminded souls, knowing we are always welcome. The door down the hall is always unlocked.

      And when we’ve settled in, it’s as though we are sharing a piece of ourselves with confidence.

      Awesome writing, Wally.

      • Thank you Tim, I think you really narrowed it down. I remember being shy so many years ago and then I felt comfortable sharing. It’s been a journey for many of us and now we found this place that does feel like home.

    • Really enjoyed this. You wrote what a home should be. Thank you.

      • Thank you very much Fia. For some it takes a while, but the names and camaraderie we build gives us that comfort we seek in like minded writers and poets.
        Hope you’re doing well.

  • 100 Years

    It's been an year.Then ten..Been a hundred years. But nobody knew what it meant.Over the years,I sang this song.Hoping you will appear,confess to me. And try to sing along.When roses bloom,and clouds are gloomy.I crossed the roads oh so busy. To find...

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