This World We Live In

by EpithetPoet   Feb 25, 2006


Angels break their backs in fields of wheat
Demons reap the fruits of the land
What is this world we live in?

Tell me how it is we fight under a united flag
And die over a belief not our own
Guns in our hands and oil on our face

A million miles away from all this
But my hands are not clean
My hands are not clean

Feed the children, rape their land
Line their pockets with green
As they grieve in lines of black

No soap can rid the blood from my hands
No tears can cleanse what my eyes have seen
What is this world we live in?

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  • 18 years ago

    by Just Sierra

    Oh wow. Beautifully written!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    BRAVO!!!!!

    I love the WHOLE THING, obviously, but this whole part just hit me the hardest.

    "Tell me how it is we fight under a united flag
    And die over a belief not our own
    Guns in our hands and oil on our face"

    Wonderfully written. SO great.
    Such an inspirational writer. I'm so glad to see that after all this time, you continue to write.

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