We Are

Years pass by the thousands We reveal ourselves, creating worlds of death spilling blood over the land like rivers in a constant struggle with desire for power and it's brother compassion This need to conquer born in the darker realms of our soul stands in contrast to our empathy that too inhabits our soul Are we nothing more than Nature's desire to see itself, both the sun and the storm? We are the sparrow, we are the wolf We find joy in sunsets and find joy with blood on the edge of our sword We are free to decide which joy touches our heart more We are the voice in the wilderness that cries at the death of birth We are the anger that rages over a love lost We are confusion trapped in a shell seeing the world through the eyes of insecurity, knowing our life has a finite amount of breaths We are joy trapped in this same shell exploring the universe in awe seeking to understand our purpose in a life filled with its passing We are both 4/11/17 contest Be- Didactic