many cannot remember that this fields use to hold
none can hear the million souls echo from beyond
that they who were brave and frighten shared terror unfold

the phantoms of the many few
who gave everything and all
for a world that's bright and new
shall never see the world we view

we who are born to suffer
the burdens of the world
have learned that we are born
to solve it and never leave it
in the dark to bring forth
the comfort that is now and beyond

what comfort shall i find?
within my troubled mind,
where shall i go to find
this small peace to confine?

i seek to rest like many before
where one who can console
a lost youthful soul

faith alone has brought me here
to stand firm and be with you
no matter the harsh torrents
that come roaring aloud
no matter the hurricanes
that come like an endless tide
i shall standfast ever true
for faith alone has brought me back
enough to still stand with you

if i can write
and if i can read
if i can dream
as i breathe
maybe someday
but not this day
will the tide change
for you and me

bright light that is wisdom and knowledge
that illuminates the dark hands
of those who wish no good to his fellow man

and with the honorable watchers
whose virtue and principle must
at the ready with discipline and firmness
slay that beast which is corrupted in shadow

yet we have no watchers nor beacons of light
so the dark twisted hands of both left and right
come to envelope us in a ceaseless cold dark night