Both sides in this war
have angels.
Both sides in this war
have kings.
Both sides in this war
have heroes.
Both sides
will say anything.
To break their foe
and watch them suffer.
Victory at any cost.
No thought to what happens after,
or how many lives are lost.
Both sides in this war
have weapons.
Both sides in this war
drop bombs.
both sides in this war
have Heaven.
Both sides
hasten it along.
Hell is gained
with all intentions.
Built on power,
raised on pain.
Misery beyond convention
rests in every demon’s name.
Strike the enemy before you.
Hear them cry
and mourn their dead.
Lust for bloody fate and fortune
corrupts the heart
and fills the head.
Both sides in this war
are righteous.
Both sides in this war
have pride.
Both sides in this war
are frightening.
Both sides
believing a lie.
Both sides wish
to see the other
obliterated from the Earth.
Both sides in this war
will lose,
for both sides
serve something worse.
DJR – 2022
