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You won’t win if you don’t fight
If you fight, you cannot loose
guaranteed
But turn your back and do nothing
You have already lost
For this cause – we sin
To do battle and be strong
Weak you say
Right you are
We are not born strong
Like tokens
strength is earned
With each battle won
Our strength grows by the weight of medals won
Sin looses
and we win
Stronger, wiser
The rules are simple
and we cannot loose
A word describes this
it is:
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I wrote this after Desert Storm and for awhile it was one of my most popular poems in Google ranking as it seemed to support the Iraq war.
I was in the Navy during Desert Storm awaiting a possible deployment that never came and my only battle was with local peace protesters via?letters?to the?LA Times and Navy times, etc.? I received phone calls of support.? I really believed in what we were doing.? I was really wrong.?
I could go on about why I made the mistake in judgement I had made, justifying my error, but why, so many made the same mistake as I did.? Many will understand without need of an explanation.
I can be patient with any person who is mistaken about anything and it seems that there are a lot of mistaken things going around giving room for much patience.
However, when you are confronted with the truth, will you humbly admit your error or will you stubbornly continue to believe the lie to protect your?silly worthless pride while others die?? For such I have no patience or understanding, you are weak, you are a sissy.? Only the strong and brave face their faults and rise above the mire and stink.