"Fool's Errand"

a poem

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fateful fortitude lay ahead

brothers before battle

united under one goal

rows of strewn soldiers

sparrow sees silver sea

similar sentinels reflect us

donning darkness as cloth

our emperors evade war

yet the crown clings to it

villagers vying for peace

huddling in family hearths

prey in a lion’s den

conquest has endured eons

such tradition won’t cease

kings are always fools

seeking the endless errand