Recompensive

When the dust settles

and decomposes

Stinging nettles

choke the roses

Then corrosion takes

and won't give back

The skin it rakes

is bruised to black

When battles lost

are laid to rest

The mounting cost

is sent to test

Then wars you've won

are a memory

Hindsight's fun

but your enemy

When water cascades

down your face

And braveness fades

without disgrace

Then all you'll know

is how to cry

With nought to show

for asking why

When the rainbow ends

on your way home

Time twists, transcends

in monochrome

Then all your gods

are in your hand

You'll be at odds

but they'll understand...