Six thousand miles of difference Determined by mans’ hand, Of greed and power sought by him Against his fellow man. Six thousand miles of difference Exacted by a thought, That life should be a harmony Or life should be as nought.
A still and utter peacefulness Pervading in the air Normalities great splendour here, In order everywhere. A dog barks in the evening light As neighbours mow the lawn And the distant hum of traffic From yon motorway, forlorn.
Shattered buildings teeter To the concrete debris strewn, Through war torn streets of battle Where hot shrapnel sears the noon. Where blood pools in the broken glass And fear is in the air, And the shriek of rockets plummeting Cause a heartbeat to despair.
Leafy streets of sanctity Where people mix at will, Chimney smoke which spirals In atmosphere tranquil. Couples saunter, arm in arm Children laugh and play The normal, here, is everywhere Upon this peaceful day.
Decapitated corpses wash In blood, red surge of sea, An encounter in the wrong place Means a sudden death for me. The skies are filled with torment, The people quake with fear As they cringe and flee, directionless, To frantically keep clear.
Six thousand miles of distance Determines where we stand, In battles hell and maelstrom Or walk free in this fair land? In Syria’s catastrophe Where men do **** at will, Or walk in serene safety On this lands’ grassy hill
Six thousand miles of difference Determined by your hand With greed and power sought by man Against his Makers’ plan. Six thousand miles of difference Exacted by a thought… -That life shall be a harmony Or life shall be a nought.