Summer at last,
Light shadows cast.
Freedom has been won.
We go to play in the sun.
The sun warms the sand
Giant waves hit the land.
Loved ones watch
As they have for years.
But our world is not the same.
Enemies wish to end our life
While a tattered flag unfurls
Over a desecrated land.
Watch over us, hold us close
In the circle of your arms.
Pray for peace throughout the world,
In Bagdad and Africa,
And now in America.