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Fear Over Pride

Stories of War

By Montana RosePublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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You feel it every time you see a soldier

Dressed in their uniform

Pride. You smile to yourself,

As you work up the nerve to shake their hand and

You tell yourself

One day that will be you

But something always stops you.

It’s the fear of dying that stops you

It’s the fear of war

Of being someone that people hate

Because they don’t understand

That while you wear that uniform

You aren’t there to hurt them

You aren’t there to take their land

Yet it’s the fear of having to invade a country

That isn’t yours to invade

That stops you from signing those papers

Because you have a sense of right and wrong

And America has just seemed to have lost that

It’s the fear of the unknown and the fear

Of this game called war,

That stops you every single time

No matter how much pride

You feel inside

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