Keith Garrett
War, How far back can I go, Nature of man to battle and conquer,
Does it have to be with weapons, debate and discuss until no end.
Think about how ridiculous and completely sad that it comes to a killing game,
Whatever the Issue it appears to be a fight as children would fight,
The difference being there is much more at stake when men can’t play nice.
War, never ending, I’ll just go back to the Revolutionary war, the Alamo,
Little big horn, The Civil war, World war one and two, is this enough.
No, Lets go to Korea, when it’s done onward to Vietnam,
So here we are today still with young men gone far away.
It has to stop someday, tears and crying need to go away,
I don’t agree because all men cause war, we wouldn’t need
Heroes if men would act civil and not go to war over what they
Want to get not what they believe, here’s to the men and women
Throughout time whom did their duty and part for the good of man
And that which they personally believe, wars are caused and then
The young men and women, those whom serve are wounded and die
Cleaning up the mess and protect what never goes away.
Keith Garrett
They fight to keep the peace but peace seems so elusive by nature as the poem reflects.
Thanks for reading
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Wow. Refreshing to hear a man troubled by the very notion of war.
Sigh. This made me want to blog a poem I just wrote the other day called Mothers and Sons. I will now…soon. Thanks π