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War on Thought Processes


pamphlets declaring war are stuck in the boots of soldiers

as they march towards the capital city that they aim to liberate

they smell the fear in the air and it is thick with anticipation

the sweat collects in their uniforms and has nowhere to escape

they stare at the sky and wait for the clouds to dispense some liquid encouragement

the mud is up to their waists and the snow is unforgiving

they grimace at the thought of what has transpired within these city limits

their imagination runs rampant with fears and phobias of how

they do not know for what they fight

we know now and we remember when

grasping for a concept and filing it away where we think it may be safe

the mind ensnares information with a mental blitzkrieg that defends all thought

a boot traversing through the mud is just as effective as a thought slowly escaping ones mind

as we look to the clouds and see that our brains are blanketed in fog

war may help you look forward but it is also a great way of looking back

now please assist me with these pamphlets

they need to be given out

like free thought and opinion

war has a lot of conflict - true

but internal thought is a struggle in its own way

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