The Lost Boys

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Summary

The horrors of war that forever live in the mind and soul. Tribute to Lancelot Alexander Smart. Lance struggled all his adult life to escape the horrors of war, it seemed that he would never get his life on track and would heavily drink to drown out the memories, the dreams. He struggled to love because he believed he did not deserve to be loved.

Status
Complete
Chapters
2
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

Chapter 1

Still a child they went fight in a war

Overnight, with a gun in their hands - they became “men”

All this or so they were told, was to protect their land

The government sold them out and betrayed their land


From ambushes to the stillness - confusion reigned

Brainwashed killing machines, like hunters prowled

Void of sleep and guilt, they became beasts of violence

Beneath the beast lies not a “man” but a frightened child


The felt pain, smelt death and sold their souls to live

Faces from long ago, dead faces, explode in their dreams

With no soul they do not live but merely exist

And all the lost boys who died - THEY died in vain