Randy McClave Poems

I cried as I stood below the cross
My sadness was created by a great loss,
With drops of blood I was a lost sheep
Without my shepherd, I did weep.
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I think that it's blasphemous and a shame
When people destroy and kill in God's name,
"God has sent us to kill"! many did roar
"And because of God, we are here now for war".
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A bracelet that she wears upon her wrist
Instead of a wave, I get a fist,
A happy blessing I asked placed upon the charm
Maybe the monk had mistakenly, thought I said harm.
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I held the soldier's hand
As he laid dying in a foreign land,
He looked at me with all of his fears
Sadly, there was no woman comforting him with her tears.
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The three sisters had escaped
So, they wouldn't be murdered or raped,
Across the mountains they all fled
Behind them they left their family, which lay dead.
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Don't call me a rebel
For the grounds on which I stand,
I will always support what I believe in
And I will not ever be led by the president's hand.
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She proclaimed to all that she was looking for a man
So, I asked her where would that line begin,
To win her over, I will do the best that I can
Even if it means me fighting, everyone of those men.
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We walk upon the filthy grass
Upon which vermin and other animals once did pass,
And also where many had vomited and spat on the ground
And were owners and their pets are always bound.
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If I had listened to my brothers
If I had listened to my dad,
I don't think that I would be so depressed
And not so easily hurt, and mad.
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I said the last prayer
No one else was there,
More truthful if I had said
Everyone else was dead.
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