I've seen Vast tundras of snow Pine lined Reflected shadows On ice lakes A frozen ocean
I remember Sands of Israel Strewn with Rusty carcasses Of old tanks A memoriam Against a blue sky
I've dreamt of Jungle rivers Curved flow Through green breathing life The bird calls And animal cries
I've seen Gray mountain stone sides Risen rocks Testifying time With forests In their deep valleys
I've seen your face Lined with age Each cavern a monument to Another loved one gone
Our own blue river Lined with steel mountains The tower carcasses Strewn against the sky Echo cries of human sorrow
The blue river carries A vast ferry of souls Ascending from the fiery glow To our beloved's embrace
I didn't know the wilderness was war.
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