A pain I could not comprehend

Smoke slithers through the sky

I can hear a woman scream; a child cry

Fire filters through the air

I look around but there is nothing there

Rubble and debris once looked like home

But there is nothing left of what I have known

Blood colors my tears a watery red

How am I lucky if so many are dead

We live in a world with military machines

Nukes and bombs ready to be released 

We live in a world that devalues life

To your head a gun, to your throat a knife

Burning the world in the name of justice

Forgetting the innocent that just want to exist

Raging war in the name of politics and money

While countries die out starving