I watched you lie there silently and die,
Drowned in a widening pool of crimson blood.
I knew you not – and yet that is a lie,
For we’re all one. We are the devil’s brood,
And war comes naturally to us. That is why
Our country’s torn in two, our land destroyed,
Our houses blasted out of sight. We die
To feed the monster death himself. The void
Extends throughout the land. We know no peace,
No love. Our greed is all that counts for ought.
We’ll drive you out, you will respond. Disease
And famine now are what we all have wrought.
This is the final sin: when we have killed each other,
To pretend this dead man’s not my brother.
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