Analysis of Death ad Dawn

An instant was of light
of summer dawn and blue
of hope upon the sky...
and then no more but doom
and fury of hell upon the land.
A cloud of death for us all
to walk the path of no return.
The empire is grieving,
our souls in ashes drown,
friends, brothers, souls unknown,
their posthumous  cry from far beyond
a plight of rescue calls us all
to live again and roar
with fury unleashed
for only God can help us
in our pain from the horror of today.