With wounds, he came, a man
bearing marks of war and weapons at his side.
“Let him be, keep him a corpse!”
Not for the first time - duty takes its course.
“If war brings us peace,
it’s here I will settle.
If I’m to rest in my lifetime,
I’ll live here.”
To reach peace is a promise that can’t be forgot
but fulfillment is foolish and weighs on our hearts.
Taken by beauty - the skyline obscured,
look up to the heavens, find heaven on earth.
“This is my promise. This is my oath.
This is my promise. My word.”