a notion of divine right one life the pinnacle of all a vision of perfection by way of noble bloodlined birth whispers of self-justification provide constant a**urance of authority continuance with burnt offering sacrifice to the altar of bloodlust - culture the essence of innocence flawed by corruption an angel in thine own eyes a devil in thine own right a bloodfed atrocity hailed as the paradigm of civility which is the savage beast? is it instinct? d**h as a necessity of survival? rather a simple act of domination murderous pride in development as beauty dies tears soak the tainted soil cried to germinate a hope for the growth of compa**ion violence becoming a slave for the effects of...violence how does it end? does our lofty vision fade into the earth? a fall from grace, for our seeming seraphic stature? or do we rebuild? a new foundation for the future