Once upon a field of snow

In an age long ago

Ten thousand marched to fight

Hoping to prove their might

Once upon a field of red

Ten thousand bodies lay dead

No victory, only woe

But the crows enjoyed the show

Your touch, your laugh, your smile

It was nice for a while

A ruse to keep me trapped

Beaten, bloodied and slapped

The pain, the fear, so vile

Now you stand on trial

I've thought myself better, when I was worse

How I would spit out a browbeaten curse

Never wanting to face self-rejection

I refused to see my own reflection

I forgot that we all bleed the same

Walked with those who thought themselves to be kings

Hoarding treasure and all assorted things

Knew those that only found fault in others

Never to come together as brothers

They forgot that we all bleed the same

I saw those who would always stay below

Lashing out, ever refusing to grow

Ever certain of their pointed finger

In a self-made prison they would linger

They forgot that we all bleed the same

Forgive and forget, their lives are their own

Like all humans, they're made of flesh and bone

Doing what they can to not be alone

I will not be the one who throws the stone

Remember this: We all bleed the same