When the war is over

Please listen to the video

                     When the war is over

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I haven't been right,

maybe I won't be right again,

I left war and war found me.

Friends faces are hanging with me,

a heavy sadness.

My friends,

damn war stole the best from us.

I pray the war is over for them.

I pray they found a place where we do not need to fight no-more.

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I pray the war is over for you, dear friend.

I stand by a photo and your bio at the Veteran day celebration,

many soldiers from the old and new wars,

we come early, before the event.

The old soldiers comfort the young soldiers,

share kind words and advice.

A Vietnam Vet told me.

The war is over for our friends and we, who lived.

Are the caretaker of their memories.

Must ensure they are not forgotten and ensure their family are taken care of.

We become, the story tellers of great men and woman lost to war.

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I pray my war is over and I know. I cannot forget war. Salinger and Hemingway fought in the last great wars and we did not stop. Writers write the truth. War taught me. Each day is a miracle and please don't waste a life in self-pity. The cost of freedom, it isn't free. I know many young men and women are in dangerous places and I pray. No-more war, keep the children clean of war. Our leader's greatest sin. Sending them to fight the old men wars.

                           Dancing Coyote

Author's Note

Thinking.

Reviews

[Ted Kniffen]

John, I have seen this girl sing, she was amazing and her story was very touching.
There is a great song at the end of the WW1 movie Passchendaele called "After the War" and if you watch it on Youtube there is a great video to accompany it. Check it out.
Thanks for your post my friend, well done.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Ted and I will research the video now.

[Rye]

So sad yet so touching..this tears at the gut

[Coyote Poetry]

No winner in war. People, at home. Lose someone and they must learn to walk alone. Thank you Ryanna for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

THe first stanza had me welling up with tears dear friend. You capture the brutal futility and sadness of was and the scars that never really heal, they just stop hurting so much and grow thicker. Your message is one we should all heed and should make us question the right of our 'leaders' to send boys to war.

The video................you b*****d! Made me weep. You have really put this piece and the video together so amazingly Coyote, fantastic and everyone should read AND listen! Truly sad and should make us resist war always!

[Coyote Poetry]

I wish we could resist war John. Soldiers, from the four corners of our world. Fighting wars for other people. Something isn't right. Old wise saying. Fix your home first. Then try to help another but first. Ensure they want help. Some places cannot be fixed. Fighting for 5,000 years. Thank you John for reading and the comment.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You have an amazing heart John.