How Many Dreams Stolen

How many lives must be taken? How much blood will be split? How many tombstones must be ordered? How many souls will be taken from us? Each day the numbers rises As the number of cases From the across the globe Rack up in piles of corpses To the poor innocent souls That suffer under a curse? How much longer must we watch As we moan the departed? How much longer must we suffer Under this cruel tyranny? How many dreams will you take? How many bucket lists will you kick away? How many goals must you slice down? How many flames must be snuffed out? How much longer must hearts' ache? How much longer must eyes weep? How much longer must spirits dive? How much longer must sanity plummet? The lives of the millions The lives of the innocent The lives of the pure The lives of the dreamers Their blood is on your hands Their broken dreams pierce your feet Like pieces of a glass vase that broke Their books of life burned to ash That you threw into the fireplace? How many dreams must you steal? How many dreamers must you kill? How many souls must you sacrificed? Just so you can save your pride!