The wedding guests run for their lives.
The bombs stifle a mother's
cries.
A world away with half-closed
eyes
drone out the usual alibis.
And
how can I keep from sobbing?
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Where there should be love and
care
instead creeps in this awful
fear.
A father reaches a hand out to
his son
and strikes him with the other
one.
The love I thought would never
die
withered up before my very eyes.
The more I tried to hold on
tight,
the faster it slipped out of
sight.
But the rose bushes are in full
bloom.
From across the park I hear the
tune
of birds singing up in the trees.
A young girl dances in the
breeze.
And
it helps me keep from sobbing.