Another poem from my daughter's friend stationed in Iraq. Heartbreaking.

I and You Sunday, May 06, 2007


I am in hell
Hell is before me, hell is the street I am walking on, hell is the place I currently am
You are in wonderland
Wonderland is far from my obscured view, nice, pleasant, every day a day without a death or the sound of gunfire
I am not doing so well
Hours of sleep this week is the total of five fingers, no thumbs, I am numb, I am beyond being on autopilor
You are doing great
You do not have to wake up suddenly in the night with 537 lifeless faces staring back at you, you see smiles where you are
I am balancing upon the fine line between the downside to life and the pit of deep darkness, I miss my own smile, I miss "me"
You get to walk straight lines, to the left, to the right, you have a clean bill of health, your mind is pure of the blackness
I am walking down a path of darkness
You see the clear path before you
I and you
We should be one

To all of our brave young men and women there.

:cry:

was able to shorten this, but I don't have it bookmarked.

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We will Never! Ever! Forget!!

Sounds to me like he really needs some hope and love. Thanks, patrice! :)

Thanks for the opportunity to help.

Do what is takes to save these kids.

Those who have not yet been sucked into the maw of the *MIC MUST BE EDUCATED to resist at all costs.

Education.

Not forgetting what has been done to these Americans and to innocent Iraqis means that we must commit ourselves to the kinds of Education(s) that will Free people from the f-ing MIC.

God, please help them--somehow.

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k/r

Listen...

I'd actually like to see it read on CNN and msnbc and printed in the NYTimes and the Washington Post and Newsweek as often as they show pictures of Paris Hilton in the courtroom.