Who
Wins From War?
As
the bombers leave,
For
a moment the world is still.
A
breath between the new calm,
And
the terror to come.
When
the living shall see
Their
dead, loved ones
Strewn,
torn and shrapnel scarred.
Screams
erupt on cue,
To
fill the smoking dawn.
Who
has not lost here?
No-one
knows or recognises,
The
cruelty of this deed,
Until
in the blackness
And
the cold,
They
see their loved ones bleed.
Utter
desperation rises,
Yawns
into the crimson sky.
The
evil heart of hatred,
Tolls
the bell we die.
Happy
seem the pilots,
To
have wrought this bloody end.
Claiming
freedom gained,
Using
hatred to defend.
Have
not they remorse,
For
acting ignobly against?
The
way is opened up,
For
reprisals and revenge.
Along
the streets bedecked,
Bodies
weep to expire again,
Lost
the reason to respect,
Such
love, for the greed of men.
Children
orphaned under rubble,
Women
widowed to despair,
Screaming
out in bitterness,
How
can life be so unfair?
Soon,
the searing pain
Draws
a focus onto desolation,
Gone
the pride of every nation.
Leviathans
rise up again,
Rolling
into towns on fire,
Forcing
out the snipers gun,
Where
hope wallows in man's mire.
Soldiers
force their combat,
Into
every house and door,
Claiming
rights to do their bidding,
As
if they had owned the law.
But
as they step on land-mines,
They
shall pay the final price,
Of
the terror they excited,
Because
they steal the sanctity,
Marching
onto lands, un-invited.
Blown
limb from limb,
With
second thoughts they fall,
Widows
back in homelands cry,
To
have lost a mighty friend.
And
in blood and guts expiring,
Is
the peace they must defend.
'War
is stupid, and people are stupid.'
Culture
Club.
Two
tribes.
Frankie
goes to Hollywood.
War.
Edwin
Starr.
Heal
the World.
Michael
Jackson.
Eve
of Destruction.
Barry
McGuire.
I in no way mean to disrespect any soldier who has fought with their belief that they were doing the right thing. I do however believe there are other ways far more fair and long lasting to resolve conflicts than using violence and warfare. It is my freedom of speech I am exercising here. May love guide our hearts to find the compassionate way, and end war forever. Let's give PEACE a chance....
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