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Jessica Asch

A Tear for his soul

Anger strikes your heart
Look what they've done!
They've destroyed our country!
They have taken the family that I love
And I will never see them again.
You look out onto the big gold covered field
Many soldiers
Lie on the ground
Dying right in front of your eyes
It's sad
It's sick
You watch a man ducking down in the grass
He is struck by a bullet
The pain in his eyes
Is very powerful He can’t help it but lie there in gony He leans over
And says something to one of his friends
This is your chance!
You can fire at the soldier that he's talking to
You see the man
Also pain in his eyes
His friend is dying
Lying on the ground
And he can't do anything about it
He probably has a family
That was taken away
Or something really special
That he has lost
And then you remember
That he's just like you
A strong man that has had his downs in war too.
You take your eyes off the scope
You won't kill him
He is as helpless as you are
You are at war
The reason why we are dying.

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