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Haunted by the memories of life

The brutal scene that I espied,

It finished the beauty of all things

The whole of nature and the songs the birds sing,

Hidden by the sounds of guns and bombs

Heartbreaking it lives in me on and on,

I wish I could tell myself it didn’t happen

But I cannot live a lie I saw the cities flattened,

And I ask why mankind is cruel

And why has humanity been fooled,

Into believing this in some way is acceptable

If it didn’t it would almost certainly choose,

To put an end to all the brutal wars

And that this would become our worthy cause,

Meanwhile I’ll carry on being haunted by this

And missing out on the beauty that I wish,

Were the only scenes that filled my mind

It’s surely time to demand a change while there’s still time.