As Blood of One Eternity

Below the Dungeons of Despair Alone, atones the scattered bones, As shattered death-dreams linger there To moan and groan their tragic tones. It lies beside the Sea of Tears Where fog and mist still fails to lift The weary weight of soldier fears; That war survived is not a gift. The body breaks before the soul But soon the soul is broken too, As guilt is built it takes a toll; The debt for life is always due. There is no light in that dark place Of emptiness and vanquished hope Where heroes need a warm embrace To help each one of them to cope. No voices heard except their dead Embattled comrades who have died With souls that cannot move ahead 'Till living friends find light inside. All things are magnified in war, With clarity of combat truth; It changes every soldier's core And steals away what's left of youth. Yet bonds are made when blade to blade Young men and women fight in war; And out of many one is made When joined again on death's far shore. And as the living learn to live The souls of comrades are set free To leave the love they loved to give As blood of one eternity.