Liberty's Prisoner

Tattered pieces of memory

Infect my hollow dreams

The silence forever shattered

With the sounds of distant screams

My home almost forgotten

As my family fades away

They crumble with the sands of time

A little more each day

Awakened by the thunder

Again, I thirst for peace

While hunkering in my shelter

I beg for the hell to cease

Time here has no meaning

Yesterday, so long ago

Tomorrow, just another prayer

A place I may not go

This battlefield has become my home

As death stands idly by

A prisoner for our liberty

Yet for freedom I'll probably die

So please don't take for granted

The sacrifice I make

Count the cost of all the lost

With every breath you take