Jezri's Nightmares - 55 Word Challenge Entry - Week 15

here's this week's entry for Jezri's Nightmares 55 Word Challenge:

It sat there, decades later, a silent reminder of all I had lost that day.

The children ran around it, knowing nothing of the sorrow, the blood, the death.  Knowing nothing of the innocence I lost so that they could remain.

It sat there, overgrown with trees, a silent reminder of the price I paid.

(55 words exactly)