Follow me, Shirt-brother, Rise from ripped, Yellow faces. Leave behind This field of death, The bloodied grass, The wind that effaces The wandering souls With its chemical breath. This moment will pass, As you sink into clouds Streaked with the traces Of the brave and the proud.
The images of eyes Burning like coals In post-partum skies Will guide you, Brother, As you search for peace From a life you despised, From all those wasted years. When you hit the ceiling, And dive like rain Onto a landscape stained With painted tears, I'll be in the dirt, kneeling, With my neck bent back, Screaming upwards So you hear first The only words That I know will work;