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In the Dust of a Long Peace
Sunset’s beauty, kindler’s rain
First to heart, last to pain
Fast the fire’s burning low
Feed the flame to slow the flow
Long forgotten, these dark desires
Sparking hate and funeral pyres
Test the limits of devastation
Nightmares come into fruition
War has called on an age’s peace
Brotherhood and kinship cease
When sense returns, at long last
Pick up the pieces of the past
Learn what history has to share
From both lessons, firm and fair
Step away from greed and pride
Cruelty, anger, not in stride
Clear away the rubble
Find the reason in the muddle
Clear the mist, and what remains
All there is to take the reins
Dawn is breaking, on the rust
Granted silence in the dust
In peace comes complacency
Accept the first most graciously
Don’t allow the last to grow
Root in deep and fester slow
When arrogance takes the heart
The mind no longer does its part
And it comes too late to find
What’s come before cares to remind
The consequences of a long peace stand
On dust and rust and barren sand.
- by spiderwolf13 |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 06/01/2012 |
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- Title: In the Dust of a Long Peace
- Artist: spiderwolf13
- Description: This is about what can happen when people have lived without conflict for so long, they forget the trials of the past, and become greedy and complacent. when they are finally once again threatened by war, its been so long they've forgotten the devastating consequences, and at the end, are left to relearn the lessons of history.
- Date: 06/01/2012
- Tags: dust peace history
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- spiderwolf13 - 06/22/2012
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- BentiaSHalke - 06/22/2012
- It's amazing, truly. You've captured so much brutal honesty and formed it into these few amazing stanzas. I love this, really I do.
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