Defying the rules of the hierarchy,
navigating through the wreckage of lost and tattered souls,
the skeletal remains of cities, plundered and ruined,
fading into dusk,
past the arms of wailing women now emptied where children once played,
through the ash of existence,
the ultimate clash of shadows and light,
voices on both sides
proclaiming victory as the innocent wept,
collateral damage…
justified.

One cannot deny,
beyond the architects of war,
the mercenaries of greed,
the...