Out of the clouds
Like rapiers they came
So fast
To kill or mame
Or even worse still
To say
"We are not the same"
the deed when done
from poison tun
go grace to grace
with His will
and Omar's gun
and sever the link
my friend forever
we are but one
No chance to know
friend's folly or foe
each to his own vice
amid infernos ablaze
we fight the fight
the just lie bare
beneath unjust acts
through Sol's fearful rays
The incomprehensible petrified
Etched in faces
Hewn in stone
Theirs to sleep forever
In chasms deeper than belief
A cemetery of bones
Like falcons stooping to conquer
The eagles watch in silence
Droning eerie echoes
Acting beyond licence
steel girders wrenched and torn
a flag in tatters
scorched edges
no more morning's aubade
a reminder
imbibed by hate
blinks in the wind
to its last victory parade
an old proud city
with yellow hats
no ticker tape
nor bunting
to brighten a day
the darkest
in many a chapter
the door now lies agape
may they rest in peace
knowing what we do not
the Is are dotted the Ts crossed
so turn out the light
and bury the dead
for the war has only just begun
and cannot be lost
