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war, survival, guilt and choice (poem)
By Gregory Ross
[Printer-Friendly Version] redemption starts in a dark
nightmare
i can't forget the light behind
my eyes
not only when i sleep
but when i hide
inside
forgiveness bursts a fireworks
display of every choice i made
to survive and it's cost in lives
not dying became a muscle
memory
living a habit to survive
then a habit to forget
then a habit practiced
in a dark nightmare
tears exploding
i choose not to die
at anyone's hand
not even mine
and step into the light
and cry: all i did
was to survive
— Gregory Ross
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