ryan's song(for Ryan DeRossi)

by Antwan Fields - Aries

why should i put the life that the good lord gave me
on the line so some scumbag to hate me and fail to save me?
so a government that doesn't recognize the union that i had with my lover
to give my benefits and pension instead to my asshole brother?
sure i love my country, and i love my people
but i'm not going to afghan and die under a church steeple
to get winged by a bullet and killed by a bomb or a tank
representing a government who's attitude is stank
but i'm not fighting for the government, i'm only 18 and tired
cause i've seen enough to know the problem in which we are mired
i can see it now:tomb of the unknown soldier somewhere in the east
they won't say anything in the first few days that i am deceased
then the stories would begin to fly and my loved one would get screwed
cause even though i never got crude or was disciplined or lewd
i realized that for all the high-tech rages
our government wants us to die, they're still living in the dark ages
even though it might sound ridiculous and might be dumb
only way i'd die would be to preserve freedom
and as painlessly as possible.

Reason for writing:

    ryan took it upon himself to say what he felt
so i did too
to examine what the government would do
if i died to preserve freedom
they would not help my loved one if i had one
so the government sucks big donkey dick most of the time.    

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2001-11-08 20:11:09
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:16
Poem ID: 65696

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