It's silent,
there's no noise,
nothing's been destroyed...

there's a stillness to the air,
birds are singing
the sun's shining
the day's just beginning
and no one's crying,
the ground's soft
beneath my feet,
the people I thought were dead
were just asleep,
the blood soaked fields
were just scarlet poppies,
the explosions and firing
were just the conkers
falling off the trees,
there's no weapons,
no killing,
no fighting,
it must have just been
some animals biting....
everything so so green
I can't remember it ever looking so lovely
where have I been...?

I open my eyes
and hear the familiar roar
see the familiar scene
I've seen so many times before.
I close them again and sigh uncontrollably....
it was only a dream.