Times Of War

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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