Brutality Weeps
for wars not fought
and
battles not waged
axes that fell
from the hands of warriors
never wielded
to conquer lands that
should have been
theirs
the drum that never beat
as they marched into combat
brutality weeps for blood not shed
and victory not claimed
the enemy that lives
eating
when they should be rotting
drinking
when they should be rotting
breathing
when they should be rotting
their beating hearts
should’ve long ago been torn
from their chests
brutality weeps for coffins left empty
and unburied
for a flag never planted
over the bones of the dead
