We came with nothing

  We could not speak

  We could not control

  We were at Their mercy

  They took care of us

  They taught us how

  They took care of it

  They never took advantage

  Their duty was to help us

  Their contract was to teach

  Their decision was to control

  Their choice kept us in the dark

  Children are meant to grow

  Children learn what They say

  Children adapt to being told no

  Children are at Their mercy

  Parents created a home for us

  Parents took on the rearing

  Parents kept us safe

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  Parents taught us how to learn

  Gods were gifted with all

  Gods never learned

  Gods had it all figured out

  Gods never did the work

  We are what We were bred to be

  We are the ones who will be free

  They were the slaves to Their whims

  They were only allowed prayers and hymns

  Humanity born to walk in the shadow of Their creators

  Tyrants made to feed the cosmos, suffering

  The throne left in crumbled ruins

  The temple in disarray

  Pain melts away

  New parents

  Children

  Sleep

  Dream --------------------------------------------------  Rewrite

  Now wake

  World rebuilt

  Libraries and schools

  Goodbye to war and suffering

  The new will overwrite the old now

  Remove the bonds shackling Them here

  Humanity rises from the ashes of gods to claim

  We rise over They who sacrificed for Their enjoyment

  Crumble Old Ones, We are the kings now, and We shall serve this world and you shall be forgot.