My Brother

Once I called you Brother,

Now I call you foe,

Once I called you friend,

Now I call you enemy,

This cannot be so,

You could not betray me,

Even for a moment,

You could not have slain me.

We start a war of hatred,

Of burden and anger,

Of pestilence and fear,

We curse your king,

We curse your children,

We curse your land,

We curse your daughter.

Once we could walk in peace,

Now we walk in hate,

This was not the plan,

This was not our calling,

Why must this be so?

This isn’t what I wanted.

We will fight until we die,

Until the sky is raining blood,

Until the water is stained with tears,

Until the thunder cries with fear,

Until your land is combed in corpse,

Until your mind is blind with force.

Oh my dear brother,

I never meant for this to happen,

I just wanted peace between our prides,

I just wanted love to be shown in our eyes,

But now I see the true nature,

Of what she wants to feature.

Revenge is our pact,

It is our life,

It is our blood,

It is our soul,

It is our destiny.

So let my heart be hardened,

Never mind what I will loose,

Your wrongful quest shall not be taken,

Even if my life is the price I loose,

You will not kill Kiara,

Nor will you kill Simba at that.

This will be our story,

Written in blood,

Written in tears,

Written in the mud,

Written in the fears,

Of all the future ones,

Roaming over this land,

This will be so,

This is what we want.

This is what I want,

I am sorry brother.

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Kovu’s possible hateful thoughts after his families attempt at murdering Simba. A lesson of what can happen if hate is aloud to grow. Sorry it doesn’t quite rhyme. Reviews are helpful. This was inspired by the song “Let My People Go” a musical performance done in the movie Prince of Egypt.

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