Every night he comes, Mary
Do you see him?
Smiling as he did before
No pain in those forgiving eyes
Can he put your mind to rest?
Give you comfort in these terrible times?
A world gone mad
The thunder of guns pounding in the brain
Fires burning, men running, screaming
Limbs falling, hand and foot, out of the sky
Blood oozing in rivulets from the sodden ground
This nightmare we dream together
Why can't we will it, ever to end?
Pull the bed sheets close, Mary
Willie, take your mother's hand
Your father weeps outside the door
And the night, so long and cold
May never end.