The ultimate machine A ship most grand A crew that gleams The best from every land A vessel of the future An epic force for right Forged by many hands And ready for the fight Voices joined together A single course to chart The pride of all the ages A beating common heart --------------------------------------------------- Suspicion takes the helm Protocols unlearned A vessel built for glory Now turns against its own The compass spins in silence Corrosion underneath Division at the center Illusion becomes belief ----------------------------------------------------- A shadow on the scope, amorphous and undefined Emboldened by chaos, it strikes the mal aligned. Pride reduced to shards and viscera, A vacuum opens and fills with misery, It co-opts all that’s good and just, turns it to decay and rust. What was built to last a thousand years vanished in a pool of blood and tears. Silence screams across our world and liberty dies under evil unfurled
