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War!

Guns and bombs and gas, don't mention that!
Here then; provisions of an old world order, veiled as a new hope!
Fighting wars across the lands for humanistic, saintly need.
Believe then, you need this cause, freedom, the right of numbers.

So cry when one of mine, or your fly's home in draped colours,
worthy indeed. Wasted in greed, it doesn't really matter. Spartan, Greek. Trojan or Geordie. The smirking cowards who start the war will faces never alter, elected by whom, not me. Not you.

Always, children cry. Mothers mourning of wasted life. A father, a brother weeps inside. War is great! It keeps us safe!
Those bullshit mongers proclaim.
If it's so great then; shoot yourselves and leave us all to be alive.
War won't work! It never has! That's why they keep occurring.


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violet

violet

16 years 4 months ago

wow!

a very powerful message... raw and written beautifully thankyou for saying what most only think! :)
C

chrisbyrne

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you!

I think, if the feeling of the futility of war was made real it would stop. A dream, a hope. Some of us have to try. Thanks for reading. I hope you will enjoy what is to come Chris