Forget-Me-Nots.

They cull the weak,
Left fallow in the reaping.
Forget-me-nots.
Upon our caskets.
Shall we die for them,
Evermore?
Slave-wage serfs.
Gnashing teeth,
Clenched fists.
Refusing to die,
Flailing even at the end.
I’ll never die.
I’ll never die.
The lies we tell ourselves.