Gunpowder

For seeking of value

Of searching for gold

Creating a mixture

Of riches untold

For accidents bound

Yet luck is in play

For beyond riches and wealth

Destruction is made

Of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfurous fumes

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A combination of devious truth

The hark of bloodied and ruinous tombs

Gunpowder was born

Wars were fought

Explosions were common

The blood of innocents

Left scars not forgotten

A cycle of violence

And debts not repaid

For it all stems from

A black powder of flames