Bodies.
Blood
On the hands of partners.
Pseudo-protectors,
Unmasked.
Handcuffed.
Half-confessions.
Half-lies.
The scales of justice
Don’t dip back in time.
Once beating hearts,
Now beaten.
Ambitions,
Annihilated.
Similar stories.
The same fate.
A gun.
A knife.
A fire.
A brick.
Bare hands.
The war
Within the walls.
Destroying us.
Will it
Define us?
War cry.
Warriors.
Marching forth.
Lining the streets.
Raising white flags.
Overcoming
The onslaught.
Bodies
Rescued.
Treated.
Protected.
Saved.
To breathe new life.
To fight another day.
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