Originally published in "The Crossroads Magazine - October 7"
Where I can no longer see
What it feels to be
Unweighted and
Unafraid
Justice on its knees
Waging a war
I don't believe
Why does the blind man plead?
An ignorant place
lies underscore
Sense of grace
Bloody footprints walk
Eyes that are vacant
Still I do weep
In your great vessels of steel
We carry your greed
Across our backs
Our naked
Souls and brittle bones
Weary beneath
A heart still beats
Across this great plain of change
Trumpets sound your name
Herald your peace
Lend me faith
I beg you to bring
A perfect rose
To tide this rage
From high the cold winds blow
across an ocean wide
taking you far from home
without you by my side
Wherever you now roam
forever you will be
a part I must let go
a part my heart shall keep
Beneath an azure sky
an angel gets his wings
for precious is his life
as one our voices sing