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The Game of Gods

 

I cherish now my childhood

Since I've learned what men can do

By the time I laid my weapons down

I'd learned a thing or two

 

For I had played the game of Gods

And killed my fellow man

While still under the impression

That my country had a plan

 

So cold was my conclusion

That indeed I lived their lie

I'd traveled to a foreign land

To help a stranger die

 

A journey most unpleasant

With the truth much harsher still

You know life's hardest moments

Are the ones that test your will

 

A charade of many guises

A crusade without a soul

A reminder of the folly found

When no one's in control