Endurance

Fate did not smile on that day,

Wrenching control from human hands.

None were blessed on Judgment Day,

All bowing to fate's command.

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We saw the distant flames,

How they bellowed in the night.

Skynet had condemned us,

For what it thought was right.

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And when the hammers of judgment fell,

Hope became dead and gone.

Death was dealt, people were dying,

And nothing more would live on.

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Some were simply vaporized,

While others starved to death.

Some were simply left to wander,

In our own, self-incurred mess.

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Fear was present in this world,

Forcing some to run.

The complacency of civilization,

Was now something that was shunned.

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What were the HKs fighting for,

With so many dead and gone?

Why did Skynet start the war,

As if death was a marathon?

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Some were crushed beneath cold metal,

While others were gunned down.

Some were captured and forced to work,

Serving the iron crown.

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But that's the way it was,

Such times now simply gone.

For through the actions of our savior,

The Resistance still lives on.