ASHES

I am a metal man

With a heart frozen and canned.

So I refuse to die

And with sheer will I will survive.

Let me out of this concrete cage;

See how fast I get back to my old ways.

Once the fires have smouldered down to ashes,

See me light my own and reignite the furnaces.

I keep running out of fuel and fodder.

I need to feed my greed, hatred and anger.

After all, who will I become if I don’t soon resume

My relentless strife to more own and consume?

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I am a human being

With a soul tucked away deep within.

But now I yearn again to live

And in myself to reseek belief.

Around my mind to think narrow and small

I was the one who build these high walls.

Long before any unseen enemy found power,

I was the one choking myself to death, only slower.

I muster within me hope, faith, love and courage.

I cremate with the departed my greed, hatred and rage.

After all, why did I survive if I go back and resume

That relentless strife to more own and consume?

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We are now at a fork in the road.

The choice that we make shall not be ours alone.

Our children will reap fruits from seeds that today we sow.

In a world full of death and hate or life and love will they grow?