I ...

Was one when the Islamists revoluted
Was two when quarrels began
Was three when we were
"on war"
They said
Was ten when we were defeated
"As usual"
History said
Through ten to five and over
Remember I just the gray
"Governing the Islamic way"
They said
Was eighteen when the light
fast
came and gone
As it comes
Fast

Am
-Don't know now-
Am old
"and bloody as me"
History said