Achievement #75 - Our Final Defeat

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by NehpetsEnal

by NehpetsEnal

Our Final Defeat

It began in the fateful year of 1066

It is nailed into the heart of every Englishman, of Anglo-Saxon descent

It was just another period of sycophants and wannabe kings

By right of succession, the crown should have passed to a Norman Baron

But through family treachery, he was usurped

Supported by a Norwegian King, an army invaded England

It took many a twist and turn, most famously the Battle of Hastings

But by the end leaders from both sides lay dead

As did six thousand brave English and Norman soldiers

All because of one man's greed, and after nearly a thousand years, little has changed

Since William the Conqueror, we have witnessed the rise and fall of a British Empire

But once again, the greedy, see profit in us being an island

When will they learn, to share what wonders the earth has to offer and let us live together in peace and harmony

Footnote:

I don't grieve for a past we never had, that defeat made us who and what we are.

So, I'm proud to be English, I'm proud to be British, and I'm proud to be European, but the sixty-million-dollar question is, am I proud to be human?

This is a completely different question, that I'm finding, increasingly difficult to answer honestly.