Moonlight ignites the open shore
Heroic lives are no more
Ballads sung of victories won
will mist away in morning sun
Still, the waves continue on
The sword declaring, “It is done.”
Forgetful kisses of water and sand
Corpses recovered to the land
Formidible fortress now is silent
Peace ironic after the violence.

The whole notion of “heroism” is something we should seriously question. Thanks for this.
Needless deaths and bravado. Sometimes there are things worth fighting against (genocide), but who has the bigger god/dick/delusion isn’t some of them
!! And the “things worth fighting for” more often than not arise out of the aforesaid mentality.