Listen to Europe

The scars in her hands still show

Names carved in the station stones

Echoes in the winter smoke

She’s walked through the darkest rooms

Seen flags like a rising tide

Heard boots on the frozen roads

Felt freedom pulled from her side

Listen to Europe

She remembers every flame

Every broken border line

Every vanished name

World

Listen to Europe

When she trembles

Something’s wrong

She can recognize the hate

Before it grows this strong

Her cities wear quiet signs

On corners where sirens screamed

Small flowers and crooked plaques

Reminders of shattered dreams

She reads in the frightened eyes

The stories she’s known before

She’s tasted that bitter smoke

She’s buried too many wars

She is not crying wolf

She is ringing the old

Old bell

From trenches and wire and ashes

She’s warning you

Save yourself

When she says “this looks like then”

Don’t turn away

Don’t pretend

She knows how the story ends

She won’t go there again

Listen to Europe

Listen to Europe