Birthright
Why?
Seniority.
Elders and life.
Do I doubt.
Fear, thy continuity.
Wish to break up.
This chain.
Simply to die.
Fade away.
Fateful gloom.
Too many a demand.
Avoid, the ravages.
Despair!
Of destiny.
Of time…
Why?
Of a breed of scoundrels - I am.
Of sanctimonious misfits.
Thus inherited.
Is evil's seed.
These gifts.
From father - To son.
May have passed.
Already defiled.
Our life and deed.
Seen, its work.
I have.
Recognized, falsity.
Cruel means.
Why?
With such ease.
Destroyed are, my life.
Our brother's need.
Ignored with sister's pleas?
Simply, to condone...
Thy pleasure.
Escape.
Your meaning.
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poem by Ilari Rahja
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