Toy Soldier
Toy SoldierOnce upon life a newborn cries
One of many more unborn cries
Beckoned to life by a sorry midwife
Welcomed to life, welcomed to strife
Born a chess piece he's in a game
Born a pawn tamed and lame
The players dictate he must go
They're up above and down below
He's a warrior in a won war
His sweat and blood soak the earth's core
He'll say I do like soldiers do
His commander is one of two
He has sprung from a failed thesis
The accident at Genesis
Now he's vassal to a vision
The grand goal, the revelation.
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