This Is War

Corporeal soldiers

In front of my eyes

Incorporeal formations

On the front lines

In my mind

I never would have thought

That after all of this time

This war would still be raging on

That I would still be caught up in this fight

With every battle

It gets easier

To see the quitting line

The line of no surrender

Dissipating from my sight

The obstacles are mounting

My resistance is falling weak

In this uphill struggle

The incline is getting steep

Intensifying

With each new engagement

On the verge of breaking down

At the end of my rope

The thought of letting go

Only the splitting threads are holding me now

Each time that I wake

Every time I close my eyes

The bloodshed continues

Trying to hold down my mind

Casualties are endless

No remorse for the dead

It is a damn good thing

This is all inside my head

I attempted to hold a protest

Me and myself would not stand

I stand for democracy

So to keep on fighting is the plan

The days are growing darker

The night’s endurance has no end

There are times that I appear alright

But the facades are starting to blend

With diminishing strength

My will has been shot

Basic functions keep me moving

There’s not much more that I got

But with each day that I survive

After each battle that I’m still alive

After each night into the fray

There remains a hope that I will be okay

So Bring it on

Fuckin Hoorah

Advance the line

Take the front

There will be no surrender

There will be no mercy shown

There will be no taking prisoners

Take the flesh right off their bones

If it’s more that I have to handle

With a little back and forth into the end

Then I’ll just have to be a little stronger

To make it through into the mend