Afghanistan



Running for a dream
For freedom this we fight
Running from the screams
Our soldiers heard at night

Running to defend
All we hold so true
Some no longer running
They turned red white and blue

Running for the corps
The flesh it falls from bone
The TAPI oil pipeline
It is safe at home

Running with the Taliban
Dead flesh we send back home
To ensure it flows just fine
Billions just a loan

Running out of reason
Running out of rhyme
Running out of children
Take yours dont you take mine

Running out of freedoms
Can this I say I find
It might keep me running
Words a buried land mine

Waiting to explode
Is it this we fear
Freedom dead in America
Now replaced with fear

About this poem

Corporate wars for profit

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Submitted by Keithdalankford on November 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBCB XDEF XFED GXGE XXCE XHXH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 671
Words 135
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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