Conflict (repost for Independence Day) | sometimesihatemycat

Conflict (repost for Independence Day)

What are you trying to sell me?

A grill, or a sofa, or drink

A red, white, and blue ideology

That ignores human lives on the brink

An article of faith wrapped in dogma

Tied with a star-spangled bow

A car on a lot, an appliance

Supposed to help me feel part of the show

I sit here conflicted as one who has served

And one who has questioned it all

I do not fit in to your nice little box

That’s been purposely fashioned too small

— April Resnick

I wrote this last year and have reposted for today.

~ by April on July 4, 2013.

Posted in Death, Equal Rights, Human Rights, Humanity, Identity, Loss, Poetry, Women's Rights
Tags: capitalism, Combat, commercialism, Conflict, Government, Independence Day. 4th of July, Materialism, Military, PTSD, Service, Soldier, Veteran, War, Women

4 Responses to “Conflict (repost for Independence Day)”

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m lewis redford said this on July 9, 2013 at 5:03 am | Reply
- like that picture of Alice in your header … look at that face!
  
  m lewis redford said this on July 9, 2013 at 5:04 am | Reply
  - I like the pic as well. It seemed to me that there could be so much going on there. Much like me.
    
    sometimes said this on July 10, 2013 at 10:29 am | Reply
- I am glad…the feeling that inspired the poem was quite piquant.
  
  sometimes said this on July 10, 2013 at 10:28 am | Reply

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