Who Do You Love Poem by Charlotte Ballard

Amber Waves of Grain
Who do you love?
 
Bright mountains, purple skies
Who do you need?
 
Eagles flying, curved swoops
Who do you love?
 
Is it the song of freedom?
Is it the price of blood lying in a street?
Does the moon command?
Dipping once its crescents full?
 
Does the red stain spread beneath
Children's shoes?
Tell me...I want to know.
 
The past is already gone
I don't want to fight anymore
Not even as a promise given.
I don't want to hurt anymore
Over pictures of torn flesh,
Of babies crying, dead beasts dumped
 
Let's not fight anymore
Let's let go, let it go
Let the boys go home B
Let the mothers tears stop
 
Amber Waves of Grain
Who do you love?