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By Veravine
Once I was a warrior
I fought a war I did not start
A war that was against a world that was not mine.
I fought that war, and still it goes on, within me.
Once I was a warrior
I fought an enemy I rarely saw
An enemy who hid within all those I loved
I fought that enemy, and now it lives on, in me.
Once I was a fighter
I fought for my world, and all within it
But then my world became too big, too vague
- I could barely protect the man beside me, my friend.
Once I was a kid
But that ended long ago
Something happened, something happening now
Within my head.
Once I was ordinary
But that ended long ago
Now I fight an enemy
But I don't even know who they are.
Once I was like you
Wishing for something bigger than myself
I got my wish, but what I got
I would not wish on my worst enemy.
Once I was a warrior
I fought to protect what I held dear
But I have lost too much, too many
I can fight no more.
Once I was a warrior
But now the war is done
No longer a child, no other life left to me
- What is there left for me now?
I was once a warrior
I thought life would be normal again.
I was wrong.
I was once a warrior.
But now, the war is done.
I was once a warrior -
And now I can be nothing else.
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