Are we worth the sacrifice of others?

One of these days you’ll wake up and I won’t be there,

There’ll be no trace of the boy

And the man is just a shadow

His eyes won’t see you,

His mind won’t know you,

It will be as if he, and you, never were,

His dreams won’t feature your loving smile,

He won’t feel your gentle touch

Won’t respond to your terrified words

Trapped as he is within the waking terror

The endless cycle of repeating noise,

Bombs that never cease,

Light which never fades,

Instead of you he hears the screams

Of innocents his bombs have slain,

Your life can’t factor in this dream,

Your innocence and love

A vivid reminder of those now dead,

The country his boss has said they saved

Just a burning hulk,

Its blood a constant reminder

Of what could have been

He doesn’t care for anything anymore,

He doesn’t care for anyone anymore

He can’t care anymore

The pain just grows and grows

I can’t breath anymore,

My lungs clogging with ash,

I can only exist in memory

I can only exist in sorrow,

I can’t exist.