I am

19 yo troop

Carrying Saw thru Desert

Cause I exist here

- Female Veteran on First Deployment

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You want the truth?

Modern day gladiators

Youthful bright eyed poor

Sold a lie to defend freedom

In other countries

Experienced soldiers understand

Trading portions of our lives

We know the prisms of colors

Striations of

Blood soaked earth

The howling mankind makes

Injured souls

Color slipping away

Spirit took

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May you never know that pain

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