Topic: And So Do The Bombs....
AngelLight's photo
Mon 04/20/09 10:54 PM

All are excellent writes keep up the good work:thumbsup:



Ty Sweetheart!! :heart: :heart: :thumbsup:

AngelLight's photo
Mon 04/20/09 10:56 PM


HE CRIED

He cried when he
tried to walk but
could not; he felt
his legs....
only phantom pain.

He cried as he tried
to write, only a
reminder his hand
had been blown away
by roadside bomb.

"I live in this chair
daring to give voice
to the injustice of
war, where I was
chewed and spit out
when no longer of
use."

"For whom did I kill?
For what did I fight?
I now sit alone as I
ponder war's plight."

~© JDS 04/20/2009~




.... the DIVIDENDS of war huh sweetie ...flowers



Yes, baby, the dividends of war :cry:
Ty for commenting :heart:

AngelLight's photo
Tue 04/21/09 08:13 AM
Edited by AngelLight on Tue 04/21/09 08:14 AM
ONCE UPON A TIME
(7th Write For
This Thread)


Once upon a time
there was a boy
who grew up
playing with war
toys. "Bang, bang,
you're dead!," not
knowing this was
prepping his head.

Slingshots, guns
and war videos
filled his time,
filled his mind.
"All just games
placed in my hands.
Is this what it means
to be a man?"

"Media shows I could
swing from a plane,
while cool music plays,
patriotic courage
conveyed."

He joins the army
and moves through
boot camp, sending
home letters with
snap shots of
friends.

One last letter
makes it home...
you pick it up,
weeping alone...

"Your boy did not
make it; he was
shot to death, but he
was brave until his
very last breath.
We're sorry to
give you this very
bad news....
but do you have
another child we
could use?"

~© JDS 04/20/2009~

LAMom's photo
Tue 04/21/09 10:33 AM
I popped in last night and read your Soul last night,,,,
You fill me,,

:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

AngelLight's photo
Tue 04/21/09 07:46 PM

I popped in last night and read your Soul last night,,,,
You fill me,,

:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:




((((D :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: ))))

no photo
Wed 04/22/09 09:38 AM

ONCE UPON A TIME
(7th Write For
This Thread)


Once upon a time
there was a boy
who grew up
playing with war
toys. "Bang, bang,
you're dead!," not
knowing this was
prepping his head.

Slingshots, guns
and war videos
filled his time,
filled his mind.
"All just games
placed in my hands.
Is this what it means
to be a man?"

"Media shows I could
swing from a plane,
while cool music plays,
patriotic courage
conveyed."

He joins the army
and moves through
boot camp, sending
home letters with
snap shots of
friends.

One last letter
makes it home...
you pick it up,
weeping alone...

"Your boy did not
make it; he was
shot to death, but he
was brave until his
very last breath.
We're sorry to
give you this very
bad news....
but do you have
another child we
could use?"

~© JDS 04/20/2009~



.... consequences of domesticity and improper socialization ...

AngelLight's photo
Wed 04/22/09 10:37 AM


ONCE UPON A TIME
(7th Write For
This Thread)


Once upon a time
there was a boy
who grew up
playing with war
toys. "Bang, bang,
you're dead!," not
knowing this was
prepping his head.

Slingshots, guns
and war videos
filled his time,
filled his mind.
"All just games
placed in my hands.
Is this what it means
to be a man?"

"Media shows I could
swing from a plane,
while cool music plays,
patriotic courage
conveyed."

He joins the army
and moves through
boot camp, sending
home letters with
snap shots of
friends.

One last letter
makes it home...
you pick it up,
weeping alone...

"Your boy did not
make it; he was
shot to death, but he
was brave until his
very last breath.
We're sorry to
give you this very
bad news....
but do you have
another child we
could use?"

~© JDS 04/20/2009~



.... consequences of domesticity and improper socialization ...




Ty for reading Prime ...

AngelLight's photo
Wed 04/22/09 11:54 AM
PLEASE....
(8th Write For
This Thread)


Brother, father,
sister, friend...
this is the last
time I'll see
you again...

I know you
don't know this,
but I know
it's true.
I can feel
your Spirit
bidding
saddened
adieu.

Standing at
the station
before the bus
pulls away,
I put my arms
around you
holding all
feeling at bay...
yes, I already
know this war
will betray.

Please my
beloved, my
spiritual
connection...
return to this
world for Love's
resurrection.

~© JDS 04/21/2009~

AngelLight's photo
Thu 04/23/09 10:58 AM
“THE MATRIX”
(9th Write For
This Thread)

The system kills
at will,
spilling over on
those not part
of the
establishment
the enactments
the entrapment
of the party line.

So, where do we
find the line we
need to cross
in order to
shed truth on
lies, on
what's denied,
on hiding places
made to leave no
trace of what's
gone wrong?

Live truth or pretend?
You were not of the
system then, but are
you now? Have you
joined the crowd? Do
you remain proud of
who you are as a
Sacred being, as one
who sees the reality
of what you truly
need to succeed in
your life and your
dreams?

Let go of false guilt,
and focus on your
ability to transform
yourself from within
and without. You are
in the system, but
only of the system if
you let yourself go
by playing some
game that perpetuates
shame. Most certainly,
we do what we must,
but do not get lost
inside "The Matrix."

What will you swallow?

Only you can choose
your Truth to follow.

~© JDS 04/23/2009~

no photo
Fri 04/24/09 03:50 PM
Just read your last several adds...your voice of passion shines through with a most poignant view. What an important collection you have created and exposed to many. :heart: :heart: flowerforyou flowerforyou

AngelLight's photo
Fri 04/24/09 04:35 PM

Just read your last several adds...your voice of passion shines through with a most poignant view. What an important collection you have created and exposed to many. :heart: :heart: flowerforyou flowerforyou




Ty so very much for reading the added writes (((P)))....:heart:

offtopic Great new pic!...hey, what can I say but fashion first! :laughing: rofl :laughing:


no photo
Fri 04/24/09 05:23 PM


Just read your last several adds...your voice of passion shines through with a most poignant view. What an important collection you have created and exposed to many. :heart: :heart: flowerforyou flowerforyou




Ty so very much for reading the added writes (((P)))....:heart:

offtopic Great new pic!...hey, what can I say but fashion first! :laughing: rofl :laughing:




I think my hair is getting almost as long as yoursbigsmile That top is at least 7 years old, does that mean it's back in style again.
laugh rofl

AngelLight's photo
Fri 04/24/09 08:25 PM



Just read your last several adds...your voice of passion shines through with a most poignant view. What an important collection you have created and exposed to many. :heart: :heart: flowerforyou flowerforyou




Ty so very much for reading the added writes (((P)))....:heart:

offtopic Great new pic!...hey, what can I say but fashion first! :laughing: rofl :laughing:




I think my hair is getting almost as long as yoursbigsmile That top is at least 7 years old, does that mean it's back in style again.
laugh rofl



offtopic :laughing:
Could be, could be. My grandma used to say "keep things long enough and everything eventually comes back"....but, to be safe, consult your hair dresser. Grandma's aren't always right slaphead rofl

AngelLight's photo
Sat 04/25/09 04:09 PM
The 10th Write for this thread is
EXTREMELY INTENSE, yet a reality.
It is called "Friendly Fire."

I will not post it here because I
will not risk traumatizing anyone
who may have been caught up
in this circumstance, or anyone who
knows of someone who has.

If you have never had the experience
and don't know someone who has, and
want to read the write, just e-mail
me and I will share it.
Just know, it isn't pretty. But then
again, nothing about war is :heart:

AngelLight's photo
Sun 04/26/09 04:36 PM
Edited by AngelLight on Sun 04/26/09 05:31 PM
(11th Write For
This Thread)


POST TRAUMATIC SON

My son came home
today,
in a manner of
speaking,
but he clearly wasn't
the same child I knew.

No sunshine filled
his light blue eyes.
No magic touched
his desperate smile.
He had no desire
to be held
since his descent
into hell.

I touched his face,
and then his hair.
He looked right
through me
as if I wasn't there.
He just sat,
without saying a word,
and when I spoke
it was as if he hadn't
heard.

My son came home,
but not today.
Perhaps tomorrow
he'll be able to say
what he saw,
what he endured,
what he suffered
along his tour.
My beloved son
can't speak or
express;
another statistic
of Post Traumatic Stress.

~© JDS 04/26/2009~

AngelLight's photo
Mon 04/27/09 02:47 PM
Edited by AngelLight on Mon 04/27/09 03:15 PM
(12th Write For
This Thread)


THE PASSION

Here I stand,
a shell of a man,
not knowing where
I'm going.
It's all a blur, and
inside I am stirred
to my very core.
Before this war, I
used to know my
Truth and who I was.
Or so, I thought.

I don't recognize
myself anymore,
nor do my loved ones
and friends. They
don't know what to say
or how to comfort me.
I am lost and adrift,
somehow seeking
redemption, anything
to retrieve my sanity,
my felt sense of
humanity.

I look to the sky and
ask why? How did I get
here, and where is my
solace and the gentle
kiss that exists with
compassion? We all
have our "passion."

Perhaps this is mine.


~© JDS 04/27/2009~

s1owhand's photo
Mon 04/27/09 07:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklr0UD9eSo

This year we've been celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Civil War and the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of World War I and the twentieth anniversary of the end of World War II so all in all it's been a good year for the war buffs and a number of LPs and television specials have come out capitalizing on all this "nostalgia" with particular emphasis on the songs of the various wars. I feel that if any songs are going to come out of World War III we'd better start writing them now. I have one here. You might call it a bit of pre-nostalgia. This is the song that some of the boys sang as they went bravely of to World War III.

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter,
You can see me
On your TV.

While we're attacking frontally,
Watch Brinkally and Huntally,
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust. (Yeah!)

Little Johnny Jones he was a U.S. pilot,
And no shrinking vi'let was he.
He was mighty proud when World War Three was declared,
He wasn't scared,
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But though I may roam,
I'll come back to my home,
Although it may be
A pile of debris.

Remember, Mommy,
I'm off to get a commie,
So send me a salami,
And try to smile somehow.
I'll look for you when the war is over,
An hour and a half from now!

Meg8771's photo
Mon 04/27/09 07:53 PM

(11th Write For
This Thread)


POST TRAUMATIC SON

My son came home
today,
in a manner of
speaking,
but he clearly wasn't
the same child I knew.

No sunshine filled
his light blue eyes.
No magic touched
his desperate smile.
He had no desire
to be held
since his descent
into hell.

I touched his face,
and then his hair.
He looked right
through me
as if I wasn't there.
He just sat,
without saying a word,
and when I spoke
it was as if he hadn't
heard.

My son came home,
but not today.
Perhaps tomorrow
he'll be able to say
what he saw,
what he endured,
what he suffered
along his tour.
My beloved son
can't speak or
express;
another statistic
of Post Traumatic Stress.

~© JDS 04/26/2009~




My heart breaks for this man.

AngelLight's photo
Tue 04/28/09 09:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklr0UD9eSo

This year we've been celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Civil War and the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of World War I and the twentieth anniversary of the end of World War II so all in all it's been a good year for the war buffs and a number of LPs and television specials have come out capitalizing on all this "nostalgia" with particular emphasis on the songs of the various wars. I feel that if any songs are going to come out of World War III we'd better start writing them now. I have one here. You might call it a bit of pre-nostalgia. This is the song that some of the boys sang as they went bravely of to World War III.

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter,
You can see me
On your TV.

While we're attacking frontally,
Watch Brinkally and Huntally,
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust. (Yeah!)

Little Johnny Jones he was a U.S. pilot,
And no shrinking vi'let was he.
He was mighty proud when World War Three was declared,
He wasn't scared,
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But though I may roam,
I'll come back to my home,
Although it may be
A pile of debris.

Remember, Mommy,
I'm off to get a commie,
So send me a salami,
And try to smile somehow.
I'll look for you when the war is over,
An hour and a half from now!



Thanks for the post s1ow....the video/lyrics are quite telling, indeed!

AngelLight's photo
Tue 04/28/09 09:15 AM


(11th Write For
This Thread)


POST TRAUMATIC SON

My son came home
today,
in a manner of
speaking,
but he clearly wasn't
the same child I knew.

No sunshine filled
his light blue eyes.
No magic touched
his desperate smile.
He had no desire
to be held
since his descent
into hell.

I touched his face,
and then his hair.
He looked right
through me
as if I wasn't there.
He just sat,
without saying a word,
and when I spoke
it was as if he hadn't
heard.

My son came home,
but not today.
Perhaps tomorrow
he'll be able to say
what he saw,
what he endured,
what he suffered
along his tour.
My beloved son
can't speak or
express;
another statistic
of Post Traumatic Stress.

~© JDS 04/26/2009~




My heart breaks for this man.



Hi Meg...yes, I hear you. Mine too :heart:
Ty for reading and being present to his story.