The Fall of Kabul
End of the War
And so, it came to past
The end of the longest war
In U.S. history
The war was fought
As all wars are
Based on illusions,
Delusions and greed
Delusions that this time
We would get it right
Successfully build-up
A vibrant, peaceful prosperous
Democratic nation
Forgetting that there had never been
A peaceful prosperous country
In the land of Afghanistan
Forgetting at our peril
The graveyard of empires
The fallen British soldiers
The fallen Russian soldiers
And now the fallen American soldiers
Was the war worth
The trillion of dollars?
Was the war worth
The thousands of dead soldiers?
Will his war be remembering
As just another late imperial
Outreach by a declining world power?
Will the war be remembered
Or will it face
Down the memory hole
Of past disasters?
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