If I Peruse the Sands of Time

If I peruse the sands of time,
To unearth the moral
Of the common man-adrift,
I am surprised to find what awaits me,

Despair wretched and fearful,
Haunted eyes, haunted souls, plague me,
And the earth cries so solemnly
'War, I see; War, I see'

My sole hope to purge the hate
Found by the world, bound by the world,
Is falling, falling into an abyss
Weakening from my dreams.

The earth cries, it haunts my sleep,
Oh crying shrill-oh dying fate,
Crying for help, shrieking for solace,
All, that I only imagined giving.