TEAR DROPS

s a v e

we speak of war and honor

tainted with blood and dignity 

and glorify death to please our guilt

yet we cannot forgo our greed and lust for greater things

for hunger is sewn into bones and seeps our skin like poison

but why would we worry?

for greatness is the goal and power seems all too virtuous of our pride

for the innocent do not condemn our souls as we do it ourselves;

to indulge in the sin of madness and victory, we leave our souls behind

to rot beneath our empty vessels and smokeless eyes

as we appease our conscience of our worth for all

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Sanem