True Merritt Poems

As the sun rises the field grows dark
The armies marching
Forever marching to war
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Alone.
That’s how
He chose to end it.
In the same place that
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Darkness creeps over light
Beating back all that’s good
Evil shall prevail
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Men waiting in lines, a face-off
Think of their lives
As they stand preparing for death
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Final?
Is anything
In this world really so?
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Who is
Important?

Why does
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Inside
My own head
No way out
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You can only try
To do
Everything
But there is no way you can.
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Technology?
Why is the new,
Always used first in war?
For killing?
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