Sunlight

© 2010, Jeffrey Trattner

I walk through the valley on the sequence of sunlight,
I walk through the desert on the brightest of days
Here's to the hope of a future of prospects,
Here's the blood of the solders erased

I walk through the darkness on pillars of moonbeams
I walk through the silence all but alone
Here's to the noose that they fit around your neck
Here's to the prisoner that is counting his days

I walk through the remander of distance and defects
I walk through the fog that you all call the day
Here's to the heros that we've long forgotten
Here's to the terror that we never have to face