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The Eve Of War

Posted on 17/04/2010 by admin
I know the sea is made of tears for I
Have wept them all; I know the air is made
Of sighs for I have felt them all and cried
Out all the world’s nightmares which cannot fade
With the dawn. There is no battle I am
Not weary from; no dirt that does not cling
To my clothes and pain flows just like flotsam
To where I stand on the beach of all things
Human.You can talk of borders, countries
International law and god’s commands
But until your arms learn to dry my eyes
I wade in the waves of sorrow which harms
The psyche of a wand'ring soul which yet...
In the name of all, blesses the sunset.

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