my flowers carefully making sure the garden colors all match
I enjoy feeling the gentle rain and warm sunshine touch my face
Watching the soft rain remove the dust on the flowers then evaporating without a trace
The beautiful colors I see amaze me and my new flower blooms are growing fast
When the soft rain mixes with warm sunshine I know the flowers will last-and-last
My red and white roses are beautifully colored when in full bloom
The many flowers are so large in my garden I am running out of room
My garden provides my mind with a feeling of peace within creating my happy day
Like the small children in the neighborhood create fun running in the yards as they play
I See The War Ended For Some
The days in the Iraq desert are scorching hot and the nights are cold
I have been sent here to fight and I am not very old
I have taken the training and learned how to use many guns
The war created is over democracy and to avenge the fallen ones
So many fight against freedom and have been crippled or died
On both sides of the battlefield many political leaders have lied
I wonder why I am here in a land with so many buried souls
Oil prices up creating more taxes for government, is this part of my role?
If the wars ended could this collapse the economy for war companies fast?
Would oil still be priced so high and could the military stay large and last?
I wonder what the soldiers who died that live in heaven would say
They traded their life they had for the taxation created and a day’s pay
Finding a job can be tough and many find employment in the war to fight
Military enrollment keeping employment numbers low; is that right?
If other political leaders bombed Iraq without real proof would they be free?
Or would the world stand up and create a war crimes tribunal to see?
Now the war has spread to Afghanistan over terrorism concerns I hear
Pakistan is paid off and so is Afghanistan to insult Taliban bringing repeat terrorism near
When manufacturing went offshore the big corporations made a huge financial score
Western unemployment was increased shrinking government tax base even more
Huge tax breaks given to the rich to keep the corporations creating more
Crippling the country’s way of life leaving the citizen to pay for the score
More cut backs taking away our lifestyle building more frowns than smiles
Increased security crushing liberty, freedoms and rights creating poor lifestyles
Country debt building a new lifestyle beyond the comprehension of the average child
Yet the next generation will pay while the old ones had a war to fill the pockets left wild
No controls on a huge government or how they spend creating more debt in the end
The next generation is in deep trouble and may create a revolution if they don’t bend
Is this why those soldiers had to die; looking down from heaven in the sky
Democrats fight Republicans to see who can get away telling the biggest lie
Waiting for more fellow soldiers to die or turn crazy from stress hearing more lies
Terrorism created by war or anti terrorism created by peace when no one dies
The First Time I Tried To Swim
Earlier today I tried to carefully walk across the river on a log
I was doing ok and I really have good balance for a dog
All of a sudden my owner pushes me off the log
I am in shock and did not expect him to push this dog
I land on all fours but the water is deep
I try to run and even try taking a leap
I feel myself sink under the water deep
I try to run again and take another leap
The water feels so cold I think I am going to die
I think you can see the fear in my eyes and that is no lie
My owner makes a loud noise that sounded like paddle
What does this mean or did he say saddle?
My eyes are wide open and feelings of panic come over me
Water is flying into my eyes and I find it hard to see
I feel my arthritis in my joints giving me pain
I can’t think and I feel like I am being pulled under by a chain
The cold water is making me tense and feeling scared
I am trying to remember the information on swimming my mom shared
I yelp as loud as I can and I am afraid I am going to drown
Then I hear I got you, and the familiar voice is creating the sound
I am shaking as my owner carries me in his arms to shore
The failure is mine and I do not think I will try to swim anymore
My owner hugs me and I hear him laughing out loud
I feel embarrassed after failing to swim, being a dog that is proud
He takes out a towel and starts drying me off
I feel him rub my fur and as he takes good care of me I cough
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