Soldier for a Wrongful Cause
No soldier is as weary
as the one for a wrongful cause.
Pressed into service
for the enemy
from an early age.
An unwilling collaborator
not resisting enough
to merit rejection.
Worn out from years of
fighting against a friend
and against self.
Without is rebellion;
within is civil war.
It is a fight to the death,
hoping to lose.
William E. Rushman, January 1998