"I Dreamed of Peace"

I dreamed of peace;
but the noise of war from afar;
shattered by a gun, woke me up.

My wife crying, why must you go to war?
The children not old enough to go to school
to tell a teacher, their daddy waved goodbye.

I tiptoed down the stairs;
where I could hide, crying my heart out.
When will man find peace to love each other?

God's answer from above!
"If only man would heed my word;
the earth that I created would be paradise;

with no more hatred, killing or pain;
the weapons of war destroyed forever.
Families united shouting for joy before me."

I wake the dream, bleeding,
lying in a hole, blasted by a shell;
all alone trying to write this to my family,

waiting and praying at home.
The bloodstained letter in my hand
sealed in the flag, now folded with a ribbon,

delivered to the door.
My wife fainting falling on the floor;
the children crying, where is our daddy?

There high up in heaven
with God to hold his hands;
teaching him how to pray for the world.

The oracle;
an infallible guide to man
to live in the Garden of Eden with his family.