War

Shreds of my humanity
ive been taught to erase
ive killed all of my emotions
gone without a trace
people die in front of my very eyes
but ive learned to just go on

but finally, the tears have spilled from my eyes
my humanity comes back to me in a flashing sight
there is just blindness
but all of a sudden sight returns to me
as i see the bodies
just bodies
like the sea
waves upon waves of people
stacked, lying
and parts that have flown
and people who've been thrown
and then there are the children
lying like little dolls
wrapped in rags or blankets or towels
and at once, the blindness leaves my eyes
the stone that is my heart is penetrated by the sadness in my soul
the erosion and corruption has finally breached the wall that has
fortified my heart

so unforgiving, this memory
so unmerciful, these images that haunt my eyelids as i sleep
or blink at any moment of the day

the child, oh the child
innocent victim of eternal sleep
how did you come to be upon this place at this very moment in time?
how fate has turned you to my eyes
to witness my very own crime
to finally open my eyes to the harsh reality that is my heart
and the ice of my heart is melting and its water spills from my eyes
dripping like the blood that falls from the tips of your toes
as your bloody blanket soaks up the rest
poor, innocent child

was this suffering truly your end?
is this my own deed
so apparent to my face?
eyes finally ripped open to see the injustice that
strikes these people
injustices seen daily by the youth
by children alive soon to be dead, like the one in my arms
my embrace, my cold embrace
what more does it matter now that you're gone?
are these the lives we try to save?
are these the people we need locked up or shot at or accused?
are we the impostors, the invaders, the ones who terrorize?
isn't it us?
is it truly?
who are we?
we, who just march in freedom's disguise