What a world have we left behind? Peace, prosperity, and security belong to people who lived ages and ages ago We are left to work this dreary landscape To sow our seeds in salt laden fields We wander this world blind and deaf And we see and hear none of the sufferings that plague the misfortunate Yet we cling to our silence But what do we have to fear? We will all reach the golden gates of heaven Not one of us can escape itβs pull What do we have to fear? Rise up my friends, and my enemies Lift this shroud that covers our eyes and hides us from the true nature of the world Peer into the shadows to see the oppressed Help lift them from the ashes of their former lives Take arms against the men with vile intentions For words will not please their iron hearts This is a war we must fight We owe it to everyone we left waiting all those years ago We are the brave and the courageous And we will fight for those who need fighting for
for my eighth grade holocaust commission project. Needless to say, it didn't win.