War Child

I chose the way
Heaping hollow and valley of death
Marked still with silence
Serene
Bubble bath of bloodbath
I will meet you when I am older

Have I a smile?
Shrewd yet unripe
Still it haunts me
This is the way I fight

Squeals and shrieks
And I hide for days
Hide beside me
Liar
Thief
Stray
As we fade to ghosts
Dying dreams
Crashing swarming round in one haze

Years turn to rubble
Your story’s decay
I am here to spare you
Born to ravage
Leaving you somewhere to stay

Children stand
Obey command
While I too take up this hobby
As we fade to ghosts
Knives and stones
Supplied
For everybody
Children come trade in your spoons
For they say growing is terrifying

Dear worried one
Wake up your babies
Send them off                                                                                                                        
If it be the only way
Rolling down in fiery coal
All honey did was help you paint it all in grey

Better is one day
Finer is the wind
The breath you take
The road driven
Choices paid in full
All because the flowers shrivel