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Resolution Against the War in Afghanistan

WE ARE NOT YOUR HEROS

by jennybox22 | Thu, 03/19/2009 - 11:56am

WE ARE NOT YOUR HEROS

We are not your heros.
Heros come back in body bags and caskets.
We are now society’s burden,
ALOCOHOLICS
DRUG ADDICTS
POT HEADS
CRIPPLES
We are displaying our pain.
Begging for help that falls onto the VA’s deaf ears.
Pill popping to silence us into numbness and dead eyes.
WE ARE NOT YOUR HEROS.
We are now a mental diease.
NO VACCINATIONS FOR PTSD.
NO CURE for Post traumatic stress disorder.
We fight for our cure with our
ALCOHOLISM
DRUG ADDICTIONS
SMOKING WEED…
We are hurting ourselves,
Letting society watch our pain and suffering.
WE ARE NOT YOUR HEROS.
We are your BURDEN
Smacking you in the face with our honesty of this needless war.
WE FOUGHT
So you have the freedom to JUDGE us.
I wish I never came back.

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