Soldier’s lullaby

RCx_Vortex

Hush little baby don’t you cry, 
Soon you will wear my suit and tie.
The mask that you see only has one eye,
You’ll see from it too, every single lie.
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Phase one exterminate soul,
create soldier, make it whole,
He’ll be our gem of gold,
He’ll complete our every goal

So since birth we hear the priests, 
Not just one, we visit three,
They all say the same things,
The truth this vision must be.

We’ll raise him like a soldier,
Grow perfect while older,
No matter how much we mould’ya
You’ll get our support but

in hindsight, you were a kid.
This heartbeat, well beat it did. 
we’re not focusing on that thing
The reason for the song we sing? (Let’s revise)
….

So hush little soldier, you can’t die
The world is on fire, but you’re a tough guy.
It rests on your shoulders, so raise them high.
And if you dare to fail, to heaven you won’t fly.
-

Phase 2 the cost of crisis.
We’re people but we’re mices
We put our necks in vices
We cannot trust the “righteous”

We buy our poison and sell
All of our free will
Come take the blue pill
So you won’t grow ill

You’ll grow but you don’t wanna
The corps they’re all piranha 
You cope but you’re still gonna
Be caught in all the drama

All the while your head hurts
From all the spread dirt
Yet worrying is inert
Coz, well.. let’s invert…

…..
Old man old man, don’t you fly,
To heaven yet please, coz I need your mind.
Can you please come down just to show me why,
Point me where I need to, I want to survive.

Old man old man, on thine grave,
My philosophy on the wise, differs an octave.
This new world scares me, I’m not brave.
Or else the real estate will be selling caves.
-
Phase 50 your cane is heavy,
Your arthritis is setting.
Your world is crumbled now
All you love is dead already.

You’re tired in the head
You’ve been trialed and you’ve been led
In a scheme you didn’t wish...
would happen ever, but fair;

They’ve won already now,
There’s nothing left but to go out. 
Take the mask off and look at it
Gaze at everything you’ve found,

A universe through a hole,
All time felt through one soul,
But it’s finally the final act.
You bow, lay in the hole.
...
Hush little remnants of a kid,
We said that we would love you, we never did.
Your story is over, we close the lid.
And raise a new soldier, of you we rid.

Hush little ashes, once a man.
We would bury you, but there’s no more land
We stand as the victors on scorched sand,
But we won the war, so it went to plan.

  • Author: RCx_Vortex (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 6th, 2026 04:12
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • sorenbarrett

    The meter in this poem reminiscent of hush little baby don't say a word papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird. It takes on a darker tone about war and being lied to. Society molding children into soldiers. Well done

    • RCx_Vortex

      yeahh that's exactly the tone i was going for, as well as the meter i was aiming for, glad it's easily caught. cheers mate!

      • sorenbarrett

        Most welcome



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