Battle

Years of my life missing, flushed down the drain,
Flooded with drugs, to drown out the pain.
...

We will remember them.
Tribute to all those lost to war.
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Many guns thunder, and all...

Everything is hidden
Everyone is blind
Now understand the saying
Out of sight out of...

Anxiety.
A loosely used term.
Sometimes, it controls me.
But I cannot let it.
I...

The World Shall Rise As One!
By Richard David Briggs
In honor to my father Richard Briggs...

SHE WAS the frightened little child
Holding her breath, underneath a bed
SHE WAS huddled in a...

The boldest adversary is often standing at your gates.
It is the merciless enemy you have to give...

While I was at the altar on
my knees,
I prayed to the Lord to come and
answer my...

I am my fathers son
But he is not what I've become
I've lived more life than he
I only...

So when I look behind, so many faces smile.
Yet no one is mine.
They are my friends. And I...

Just a few more tests the doctors say,
As we watch you fade away.
Just a few more tests, some...

( Another poem from years ago from dark days )

You shouldn’t wish your life away,

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Inspired by Dantes Inferno.
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When I see a vision of hell I determine it false !
I am...

I realize how and why angels are watching me.
They keep me safe, eliminating sadistic peril !...

When evil acts it must know how we shall reply !
To defeat its schemes we are willing to do or die...

I have never been one for taking a chance !
I always like the odds stacked in my favour.
To...