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and as my god-like hands
draw closer to my soul,
every life that I stole—
come
whispering into my withering ears;


you no soldier, you are not brave, you are no soldier, you are not brave
you are no soldier you are not brave
a monster in—


pampered breaths,
roving eyes, broken lungs,
last breath, wind delivers her salve message; opaque reels on the ashen sky: my daughter's drooping eyes over a shrouded tricolour lie—
𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏.


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'my daughter's drooping eyes over the shrouded tricolour lie'

lie is not a noun here, it's a verb. Wanted to make that clear, lest it is interpreted incorrect.
It is in the sense that she was looking at the shrouded

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