• I stand alone. The bitter break of dawn
    Is seeping through the blanket made of ash.
    I taste the putrid, ling'ring sulfur on
    My tongue as it would leave a spotted rash.
    Beneath me lie the conquered and the strong
    For not a one would dare survive this day;
    A little boy still plays his marching song
    As he marches slowly through the gray.
    I hear the mothers' whimpers in my ears;
    They dare not cry for fear they'll lose their souls.
    If only there was nothing left to hear,
    But softly does the death bell make its tolls.
    I stand alone. The bitter break of dawn
    Reminds me that my time has come and gone.