Prayer for the Fallen

Innocence, upon a time was said 

to dwell children's eyes
Yet, innocence, like crystal, shattered

Drained
life's blood lost

Eclipsed in bitter darkness

 

Do they remember that final horror
When false judgment cast sentence?

When shadows of fear

 Like axes fell

And dreams, with innocence

died? 

Or do they know at last true Peace

Forever bound by love unstained?
Has, for them, Spirit's Light banished
The monsters of the night? 

For the fallen, one thing I pray
for innocence born anew
If, in truth, that dwells with children
Then for the fallen I pray -  

Please, please let them forget
So they can be little again