Death's Shield I used to be like you,you know? fearless,a rebel of hell! I climbed rocks, I swam seas, and ran for miles, as free as an echoing sea shell. My freedom had no bounds you know,I thought I'd never grow old. Until that day my warm young heart, Turned,aged,and blue with cold. I did my part, A job for freedom, With lives lost all around me. Some nites I'd lay on the swampy ground and felt death slowly surround me. I'd close my eyes to wish it away, And think of pleasant thoughts. But it's not so easy for a man like me, With an audible of vile gunshots. "This is Hell!" I heard one say, "No job is worth this weight!" I agreed and watched him die, A bullet wound being his fate. "Oh God !" I cried, "Please forgive me, forgive all of us who have sinned!" But God does not forgive the men whom curse against the wind. Shhhhhhhh---- Silence now! I think they are coming! Hurry it's time to run! I felt peace here where danger slept, And death would never shun. Five of us,we ran like hell, I laugh at what fools we were. Three fell down and met their deaths, And death for us for sure. Another shot and my brother fell, I stopped to help him live. He yelled to me to go ahead,his life he was willing to give. I guess it was on that brief dark moment, That burnt my selfish heart. I went on ahead and today I live, A new life giving to start. But God did not do me any favors that day, My soul is still on that field. That gruesome day took my soul away, And hid it behind Death's Shield.... Written by:Rodney Meader.     ~*Can we talk Lord?*~ While walking through the woods back home I have so much to ask Lord do you think that you can fit me in your already heavy task I am confused Lord ,about so many things and wish I could just grow wings Because then I could escape the pain that so many have suffered in vain. Lord why do my thoughts keep going back to a time that seemed a dream I never realized what was untill I heard those screams T'was not my voice that outed them t'was not my cries of rage But Lord,they were my brothers and sisters and I can't tear that page. Dear Lord ,please help me understand why all this happened then Could you no have helped and saved their lives from all these women and men Oh Lord,please tell me why it was that so many had to die For a cause that never should have happened I can only out a sigh. Well Lord ,I look around at this so beautifull peacefull place The trees so green the water so calm and all what is infront of my face You gave your life for us then too and hoped that we would see That hate and pain were not the answers but you still had set us free. Written by:Cheyenne.