Robert V. Schweitzer

THE WALL

A soldier sits alone in an empty room
He came back from a war much too soon
Though he came home alive
He lost his legs in a firefight
A lonely victim unheard……
In America

A family gathers ‘round a memorial hill
To mourn the young son who had been killed
Tears splash in their eyes
Nobody hears their cries
A bloody lesson unlearned……
In America

A rainbow flew across the sky
Went into another world
And took me to a high
And I saw a light……
On the planet Earth

Now we can sit here talking ‘till the end of time
We can keep searching for a sign
Or we can learn from the hell we paid
Not let them of died in vain
And carry a message of peace……
To the planet Earth

A rainbow flew across the sky
Went into another world
And took me to a high
And I saw a light……
On the planet Earth