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