NLT, work, duty and love

We were wrong, you and I.
You kill your enemies.
You accept your religion as superior to mine
you condemn me for my beliefs
you sacrifice for work
work gives us purpose
I sacrifice for duty
duty makes us responsible
and were we all wrong
The answer is the lesson of NLT
Death is tangible to me and you
we dish it out, and it is given to us
but it is life that is change
death is the end of change
life is change,
it can be good
it can be terrible
it must be dramatic
or it doesn't matter
if we use time for nothing
then what happens at the end
change makes up our existence
and if we sacrifice happiness and love
for religion, duty or work
it makes us noble
but it doesn't make our life as meaningful
or perhaps it does
we'll only know when we reach the end
and are forced to realize
that every moment
that we kill, that we live, that we love, that we hate
if it happens all at once
happens over and over forever
and so we must make sure each moment
has duty, has purpose, has love
i wish i could give that to you.
the duty, the purpose,
mostly, of course, the love