Daughter of Akkedian blood
There has long since
Been venom on my tongue
And fire in my veins
From curses of generations
Far from mine
From blood spilling
Into pure Euphrates river
Tainting the bodies of water
That birthed me into this world

Some days I lay in bed
While an assemblage
Of ancestors
Parade their way
Through my rib cage
Shaking my bones
Stampeding their way
Over my heart
In attempts to break through
The barricades I've set
In front of them

There are graveyards
Of decaying bones
And one great grave
Where there once
Was a stone
And both
Have made sacrifices
Of blood
On my behalf
One from hatred
The other from love

And I know my choice
     but still the battle goes on