Shackles of Patriotism

Illustration by Jenny Belle Toromanian

We walk on glass, our eyes tied with a blindfold.
Ignoring all the screams of passersby.
Our memories come with a distant cry
And worn-out grief that can not be consoled.

Our fathers went to war, so we could hold
This piece of land thatโ€™s halfway in the sky,
And hoped our wretched children would not die
Protecting something thatโ€™s already sold.

Yet here we are, united not by peace
But by the endless chain of massacres,
A struggling nation, parts of which will cease
Existing,
turns into a senseless blur.

Oh, Humanism, I doubt if you exist,
I doubt if you will or even ever were.

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