A Plea For Peace
World war one was fought
So that all wars would cease
But more than ninety years later
We still don't have peace
World war two passed
Though it didn't end strife
It did make a widow
Of many a young wife
Now in Afghanistan
A bereaved mother cries
While somewhere in Iraq
Another child dies
Why do we stand for it?
How can we stand by?
Whilst innocent people
Suffer and die
How many valuable
Lives must be lost?
Before we finally realise
It’s not worth the cost
How many graveyards
Must they fill before?
Every world leader
Agrees to end war
Pray that it's soon
For if war doesn't end
There will not be a world
Left for us to defend
Copyright © Denis Briggs | Year Posted 2018
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