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Battle

by Natalie May

Losing a battle with yourself

is the worst kind of defeat

There is no victor

There is no enemy to destroy

No weapons to lay down

when it's all over

There is only blood and silence

Casualties of the army of men inside of you

that believed you could prevail

Years of faith and conviction

now lay at your feet, lifeless

Their eyes still open

staring blankly at you

as if silently asking

How could you lead us to certain death?

You are their grieving mothers

You are their angry sons

You are their murderer

Who do you fight for now?

 

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font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-296-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> anything</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-297-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-297-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> or</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-298-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-298-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> see</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-299-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-299-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> anyone</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-300-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-303-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> feel</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-304-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-304-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> so</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-305-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-305-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> bad</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-306-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-306-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> about</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-307-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-307-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> yourself</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-308-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-308-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> and</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-309-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-309-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> your</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-310-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-310-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> life</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-311-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-311-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae82g-312-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-312-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="ae82g-312-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae82g-312-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The best line in this poem is:</span></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-156-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-156-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-157-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-157-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">L</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-158-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-158-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">osing</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-159-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-159-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> a</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-160-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-160-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> battle</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-161-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-161-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> with</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-162-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-162-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> yourself</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-163-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-163-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-164-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-164-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> the</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-165-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-165-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> worst</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-166-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-166-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> kind</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-167-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-167-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> of</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-168-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-168-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> defeat</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-169-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-169-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">."</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-170-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-170-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> It</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-171-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-171-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">'s</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-172-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-172-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> so</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-173-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-173-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> true</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-174-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-174-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-175-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-175-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> I</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-176-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-176-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> have</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-177-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-177-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> lost</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-178-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-178-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> many</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-179-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-179-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> battles</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-180-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-180-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> with</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-181-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-181-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> myself</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-182-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-182-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-183-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-183-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> and</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-184-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-184-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> it</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-185-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-185-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-186-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-186-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> the</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-187-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-187-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> worst</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-188-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-188-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> feeling</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-189-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-189-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> in</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-190-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-190-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> the</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-191-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-191-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> world</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-192-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Colfax, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="d0f4b-192-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></span></p>

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