Bombs light up the midnight sky
Shooting across the sky like meteors
And causing me
And the walls
To shake

Everything will be okay
Mother soothes
But nothing will be
The same

I crouch behind
My bed
In fear
My head
In my arms

I pray
Silently
Oh, God
Help me
Be strong

This is war

Terrible screams
Echo off the battlefield
And into
My fearful ears

I tremble
At the horrid thought
Of death
And blood
And pain

I think of sweet things
But war is like an eraser
Clearing my memory of all good
Like a mistake on paper

This is war

And I hate it
I hate it

This is war

This is the world
Tearing itself
Apart