1,000 Lives

They say that "we"

have now lost 1,000 lives

Long before they ever

had the chance

to acquire that

"1,000 Yard Stare"

they died, over there.

So you say

you never vote -

you think it doesn't

make any difference;

you don't like

either candidate -

you'll just watch the

tv for the results

from your easy chair -

1,000 souls have

paid the ultimate price

to free a country

whose people have

never had the chance

to make a choice.

1,000 souls died

so a country's people

would have a voice

Cast your vote.

and remember that

we're free

and that they did not

die in vain

that they all belonged

to you and me.

© Christina 9-04