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Persepolis


Here we are looking back

On the empires which rose and fell

The soldiers who fought and died

In the epics we still tell

So many there are we forget

Brutal tyrants and martyrs and fighters

History is not written by the victors

But by the writers.

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Comments (2)

TheLostComet
<p>Love the last line. Such a powerful statement!</p>
Damsel
<p>Short. Powerful. And the last line gave me chills.</p>

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