Birdsong

Summer turns to deepest winter Hope denied in trifle place The winds of war cause worlds to splinter Into fragments that leave no trace And birdsong just a sweet memory Fire and fury all too soon Leave towns shattered in their wake The church bell plays its haunting tune The sound of warning came too late And birdsong just a sweet memory Nothing but a memory Whispered word, a silent prayer That the life they knew could somehow return One false step leads who knows where Lessons that so few have learned And birdsong just a sweet memory A sweet memory