Worlds at War

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I wrote this poem for a college assignment about the relationship between man and nature. Not my usual writing style but thought it was cool to include it here.

Worlds at War

By Loviel

They may laugh at me now

But I know truth and preservation.

Within these lands, is a ravishing war

All but necessary, to simply understand.

And so I welcome

Beasts of Man and Earth—

Come test my morals,

My sentient strength.

I will not blame you for your naturality

For you and I know no other

And I will accept your gifts—

Show my gratitude and grief

And though I may have lost

More than any ignorant man

I have gained the trust of nature,

So that it may be vulnerable,

Not just beauty but beast.

I have knowledge of peace

Where a scholar sees only war.

So I am man

So I am beast

So I am friend, yet foe

Mark, these worlds will rejoice

And welcome me in my departure

From this land, and from Earth.