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Casting

A shadow of might

Imposing its wrath

Eagle arise

Tyrannical beast

Become an unwanted

King of bloodshed

Who wields the words

Of a freedom so

False

It’s your excuse

To decide for us all

Suppress all forms

Of thoughts and dissent

With the swipe of a sword

You torture and kill

Those who oppose

The freedom you’ve chose

Under its watchful eye

We thought we would thrive

Ignoring all the signs

Of a rapacious wingspan

Wearing liberty on its back

Ensuring only its might

Betraying its protégée

It became our conditional freedom

Raiding

The land once it sworn

To protect and nurture

Now it’s just but

A feeding ground

To waste and abuse

And bleed to the ground

While the forlorn and poor

Die in famine and

War

A war the eagle brought

For fear of losing

It’s luxury and

A legacy of death

Corpses all pecked

Defiled and left to rot

Under the shadows

Of corruption and greed

Under its watchful eye

We thought we would thrive

Ignoring all the signs

Of a rapacious wingspan

Wearing liberty on its back

Ensuring only its might

Betraying its protégée

It became our conditional freedom