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

©Copyright 2006 by Robert V. Schweitzer

Bob was awarded
First Prize in Poetry for April 2006 in the Bilingual MCA Contest
for this wonderful poem
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