<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439076" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Man Down</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>On urban streets, <br>Dredging trenches<br>In wars that heat! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>Too aware he belongs in numbers rare! <br>A species who would rather stand, <br>Than to crawl upon the Earth...<br>To be thought less than the grains of sand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>Packed to defend<br>Who he is from within.<br>Protecting in 'his' mind what's his.<br>Fighting back without shedding tears! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unsatisfied he must run and hide, <br>From those who deny him even rights to cry! <br>Just to keep his 'spirits' up...<br>He must show he has the guts! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>Struggling as he does to remain positive! <br>In battle fatigues or business suits, <br>Discarding who feels his 'moves' are negative.<br>He's reminded who he is whether in loafers<br>Or in boots! <br>And all that he gives...<br>He has no options completely his.<br>When he's called to shield and shelter others, <br>Sacrificing an image so that all may live! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>On urban streets, <br>Dredging trenches<br>In wars that heat! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man down...<br>Too aware he belongs in numbers rare! <br>A species who would rather stand, <br>Than to crawl upon the Earth...<br>To be thought less than the grains of sand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And even sand blows and drifts away.<br>No matter who he was<br>When he took his stance to stay! <br>A man down that has gone...<br>Is remembered if he demands his way!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439076" data-title="Man Down de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Man down... On urban streets, Dredging trenches In wars that heat! Man down... Too aware he belongs in numbers rare! A species who would rather stand, Than to crawl upon the Earth... To be thought less than the grains of sand! Man down... P..."></div> </div> </div>

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