Among our bouts of adolescence Lies a fire deep, its kindled presence Enough to start a war on naught For war was all we ever wrought Upon this Earth. We yearned to change Their rules that lie, that rearrange. We rose to see our efforts fail And mightiest supporters fell. So now we lie in iron chains To rot away whilst our foe gains. Both pedigree we put to shame And allies free, who saw us lame.
In years of darkness, brooding thought Had tortured us. We sorely bought Our lives away through sundry act Instead of holding nation’s back: Oblivious to horizon’s edge, Unable to see beyond law’s pledge. Complete with shame, at prison’s leave We traveled home to sadly grieve On unjust scars our souls have made. We left our past to slowly fade… But still, we lack our rightful place While sovereigns rule our lives to waste.