Heritage

this is not the place
that bore me

nor the land
I came to know

through toil and strife
where deceit unfurls

its banner high and proud
while the code that

united all under noble rubric
is torn scattered and blown

by the wiles of an unruly wind
while those who came

and made their place
among the others

are crushed under the
heel of makeshift cause

by those who took
more than they gave

setting chaos adrift
on a sea of lies