Dark sunrise

That morning didn’t turn bright

Life and death was at the edge

Lovers lost their sight of love

Humanity used the harsh ways. 

Home became a place to fear

Strangers became mine

Life turned upside and down

Within a span of time. 

It seemed like God never existed

Nor did any spirit, 

Yet prayers were heard on war fields

While some lost hands, others feet. 

A mother waited for her martyred son, 

The daughter asked about her father, 

His wife reminiscing their wedding day

While a sister cried for her brother. 

The war took away the peace they had

They paid a price for someone else

They shed their blood for their homeland

Yet all they were left with

Were memories in heart

And photographs in hand.