We hear it in the news
And it echoes in our minds
That the explosions are brought home
The IEDs lay in our backyards
Our safe haven is corrupted
War splits our soil
And feeds on our thoughts.

Outsiders tunnel inside
Dragging out our secrets
And flaming them to display
Pressuring the ground we walk on
To lift it to the skies
Breaking bodies and brains
Leaving children limp and fallen.

Thoughts keep spinning
Webs that breed spiders of destruction
That are thrown out car windows
And destroy our royal blue protection.

Bullets rip through domestic homes
As if we live on the Afghan sand
And casualties cross lines
That were never drawn.
The soldiers of our streets,
Brothers of those across seas,
Lay down their lives for us
Protecting everything, from the air
we breathe
To the voices we speak with,
Keeping us safe
But the encasing trap of borders
Lets leeches in and our
Bubbled worlds explode.

When will the time come
When debris flies like planes
And our great empire falls
And we lose our strength?

Will it ever come?
As Boston bleeds, bombed and shot
Battered and bruised,
We stand as one
All thought and hopes pulsing
Beating for Boston.