Patriot

I'm not patriotic

I know there can be value in it

But I love the world

I know some don't feel this way

I'm not pessimistic

I know there's good here

But some swim in war

In the blood of their own sisters 

And brothers fight with worms filling their eyes

Eating up any trace of faith for the world

They love their country

But I am not that brave

I cannot fight my identity

After all, I've gained it in vain

My birth was an idea full of futility

I cannot be productive

I cannot be patriotic

I am not brave enough to fight the futile things

I see in me no other identity

But somebody who loves

And a lover of love 

Is a lover of life

And so you could say I could fight

But I cannot kill to fight for love

It is a trap that condemns us

And I cannot judge

It was a trap made by the heavens above

Our flaws will always lead us

To Paradise Lost