THE VICTORS

We're rich. Drink us.
We're free. Save us.
We're gone. See us.
We're here. Sail us.

We're blown. Heel us.
We're hove. Reef us.
We're green. Love us.
We're won. Fail us.

We know we can trust you to let us down.
We know we can trust you to hold us up.

We're happy in you.
We're strong with you.
We're ourselves. You're you.
We long for you.

We'll be with you.
We'll come for you.
We'll run to you.
We'll hold onto you.

We work to live someday yet. Let us down.
That's why we do what kills us. Hold us up.

We fire flowers.
We breathe trees.
We see darkness.
We hear quiet.

We weep. Rejoice.
We want. Feed her.
We speak power.
We sing. Resist.

Believing in love, that's why we hate you.
We hate your leaders, that's why we're killing you.

--David Joseph