ETHICS

I've been fighting a war in which
no side has an army.
I've been fighting a war in which
no side can win.

I've been fighting a war
in which it'd be a pyrrhic victory
with a loss of health and time,
and even if I managed to win
by pushing back their army,
a thousand other cities would fall.

I've been fighting a war
in which I only get older,
and the only way out
is still defeat.

And even if I managed
to stave off their army,
a thousand other cities
would still fall.

So I'm afraid that, your highness,
it's time for me
to lay down my sword,
and find a home.

Copyright ©2008 Ashi Shadow
Added 9/7/08 Written sometime in 2005 or 2006 or so when I was with Chun-Yi.
It's on trying to change people to make them more morally correct, bugging them to recycle more etc. etc., the hassle it entails, the stress it entails, and even if I convinced them, all this hassling ruins relationships, plus there are a thousand other people who are still not changed.