How could I breathe?

How could I breathe?

Close my eyes

And go to sleep.

Ask the Lord my soul

To keep.

How could I weep.

Who would it be for.

Not for innocence

Any more.

What could I say.

How could

I bow my head and pray.

What would I think.

Could I laugh

And have fun.

Enjoy a good film,

A meal, a drink,

Go for a run.

What would I do

To stop

Me losing you.

Would I still cry,

When children die.

If in the course of

Taking a breath,

Caused a death.

How could I live.

What would it mean,

To be,

To breathe,

With the truth

Of all I had done

Taken to arms,

Fired a gun.

How could I grieve

For what I lose.

If taking life

Is what I choose.