A Beginning, a Middle - Nieves

We don’t breathe the air in

Cuz we can’t trust our neighbors

We divide without caring

Now it’s just in our nature

And we don’t understand it

So we read it in paper

They say hate is the answer

And violence, our savior

Compound our behavior

Days begin and end

Orders to defend

Tally up the dead

Wave the flag and start again

Torture for the truth

Hide it in the news

Actions are excused

With promises of greater good

They say it’s all been decided

By some heavenly order

And your god is divinest

So you kill in his honor

His word is the law now