Today i walked through fields of green
in a foreign land of peace and prosperity
where birdsong plays to the sunlight.
Beneath trees full of leaf playing gentle
shadows upon trim short grasses.
All around are sunlit bright stones
each appearing similar but all unique.
For each bears a name, a soul departed.
Young men from far away brought here
full of life to become pawns in a conflict.
To fight a war beyond their understanding
and pay a price beyond my understanding.
I rarely pray, but today in this beautiful peace
I am moved to utter words for these souls,
the madness of mankind and for our future.