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Our Fight They're Fighting

July 10, 2012
By polar-icecap DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
"Angels don't even come close to you!"

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They fall
They live
But they're suddenly
gone
life drained out on the
battlefield

Fighting for us,
For they're families at home
But is it really worth
Practically dying alone

There's no rest men
Not even the wounded

They stand
They fight
We let them
Die

For the country we love
Is a
Fighter

© Conor G., Harvard, MA

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