Wars

There are no losers, there are no winners In wars that people wage Our world is fast going up in smoke We need to let in love’s rays of hope. I lost one, you lost two today I lost two, you lost one yesterday The wars people and countries wage Only breed within hatred and rage. Turn on the TV, a father carries a limp baby Is this what we wait to see? Tears, endless, ageless tears Only gift of wars over the years. A child saw his family blown There was nothing now to call his own His heart images seared by shrapnel Screamed with tears, “Avenge! Revenge!” There’s a mother waiting at home Waved her boy away to war one noon Now she waits to collect his bones A trophy of war she did not want to own. Can we build breaking hearts and lives Can there really be a winner in this strife If only we’d find courage to stop Courage to forgive, to love, not war.