humanity
we are a very simple species
we were born to get along, to create and commune with each other
but sins of greed and power have destroyed our beloved humanity
history has seen great rulers create and destroy as they wish
millennia after millennia cities are occupied and empires fall
from my dearest motherland to lands far away
humanity is tested
during these times of war poets write, singers sing, and painters paint
as to give the people hope
something to read, to listen, to envision when they are in battle
at this point in history
we, humans, have a choice
to believe in humanity or to fall to tyranny
and as the sun sets on foreign battlefields
a belief in humanity
is born
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