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"The Cry of a Nation"

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My sisters...!!

My brothers...!!

Do you DESPISE...us this much?

Do you really think we DESERVE...all this?


Well, if that's the case then,

MY BROTHER, I suppose you think so highly of yourself

To even SPAT!! those kinds of remarks,

knowing that YOUR BROTHERS! are suffering,

starving, and in constant fear of death...


I suppose you take delight

of the tragic demise of the multitude.

I suppose you are FOND

of the fact that many brave men

had risked,

had sacrificed THEIR LIVES to save the wounded.


I suppose you BASK!

in the thought that we,

the people of the SAME race,

of the SAME nation had finally fallen.


I suppose you think

we are not brothers as well.

Are we not?


Are we not of the same land?

of the same nation?

OF...THE...SAME...RACE?!!!

Do we not SHARE...the same blood

and the same heart..?


Huh! how awfully austere of you

to perceive us that way...

Belittling into thinking

that we are useless,

unimportant, INSIGNIFICANT!


But the truth is my brother,

because of the law,

of which you adamantly protest

It had in fact, saved the lives of many

and had prevented more casualties of war.


So, Instead of the insulting remarks of indignity,

which will only dispirit even our small inch of hope,


We, out of patriotism, WILL UNITE

We, out of fear WILL SEEK the Father's guidance

And we, out of love will continue to fight.

'Tis and it'll be the cry of our nation.

GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY...


44 Launchers recommend this story
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launchora_imgCharita Mathur
6 years ago
what a great piece of work where emotions are depicted with so much clarity and conviction.
launchora_imgL.C. Jarrette
6 years ago
thank you for reading...
launchora_imgLaunchora User
6 years ago
Love it. Sorry, for I just read it now. :)
launchora_imgL.C. Jarrette
6 years ago
it's okay...i'm just glad you read it
launchora_imgheythere Manila
6 years ago
I think of Philippines...
launchora_imgL.C. Jarrette
6 years ago
it is about the Philippines
launchora_imgAllyson K.
6 years ago
Good job :)
launchora_imgL.C. Jarrette
6 years ago
thank you...
launchora_imgAge of Metanoia
6 years ago
I can feel the nationalism, I'm so into it...
More power to you! :)
launchora_imgL.C. Jarrette
6 years ago
thanks for reading
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