Nicholas Browning

Onus of Living

Torn and battered, a bard\'s song carried throughout a millennium.

In verse, parchment, adaptations are made.

Sung, written, belittled and praised:

And still it would be forgotten.

 

Consent, give it. Bestow upon yourself true understanding.

Perspective is a fundamental.

A fact must be seen before it be trusted,

Exonerate the sinners while condemning the innocents.

 

Triumphant in your bitter duty,

Respectful in all dignified concepts.

Live in reverie, till the last of your days,

But no one shall recall from which massacre you really leapt.

 

Give credence to your cause,

Your purpose shall never sway.

Designed like all the rest of us;

We will live, and then decay.