• I
    Have sadness
    In my heart

    Sorrow
    For when
    Families
    Were destroyed

    Pain
    For when
    My men
    Died

    Grief
    For when
    Thomas
    Died

    Anger
    For when
    Innocent children
    Were murdered

    Victory
    For when
    My men and I
    Won battles

    I felt the loss
    Of my men
    When their families
    Were killed

    I feel
    Hatred
    When I hear the sound
    Of crying children

    I felt
    Overwhelming despair
    When I held Gabriel's body
    In my arms

    Do my feelings really matter?
    Or is it the feelings
    Of my country
    That matter the most?