After the war that took the fathers,
But before the next
Had taken their sons,

A man was

Mad enough to build
A fairytale castle,
Then another,
Then another;

Mad enough
To bankroll

Playful stones thrown
By small children
Bounce harmlessly
Off our backs.

Now bullets

Baby Jane

Baby Jane is weeping
She sobs all through the night
Her daddy, he’s just left

It's not that
We forget:

It's how easily
We accept

Just another.

Walls of brilliance
Cast eloquent light
Through the swords

Of knights hacking infidels;
A

She’s there
She’s waiting for you
She’s watching
She’s there when you open the door

It’s her