This War
This War
This war is endlessly pursued
each day reveals horrors endured
It is not what this is for
but from whom it came to the fore
We all know his name
which speaks of his infamy
Soldiers on both sides die every day
civilians join this melancholy fray
People are being deceived
as they join those who are bereaved
War crimes reveal the horror
and result in anger and sorrow
Will this war ever end and peace arrive?
so that those who are left can struggle to survive
Or will it relentlessly continue?
until people awaken anew
The evil one must be deposed
and then we can rejoice when he is truly decomposed
It is another human tragedy we witness
that makes the world realise that all war is nonsense
keith jeffries
Fri 11th Nov 2022 19:21
Graham, thank you for your 'like'. Stephen, thank you as this war troubles me greatly. Uilleam, thank you also for your comment. There are two poems from the Great War which always come to mind at this time of year. Siegfried Sassoon "The Menin Gate" and Rudyard Kipling's "Jack". I enlisted in the Army in 1966 and served for ten years. What I witnessed would make pacifists of most. War is brutal and futile. It scorches the soul.
Thank you all again
Keith