War

War is always wasteful And lives too often lost We fight for reasons sometimes vague No matter what the cost Soldiers are made to wage fierce war Or so we are told But death is kind of permanent No chance for growing old But be they oh so, so mighty brave Too oft, too oft, too often It leads but to an early grave Soldiers, trained to bring forth death And when it happens, and they take a last breath Soldiers given so many reasons under the sun They'll understand just then No argument solved by gun For soldiers too often die I just can't fathom why Some forgotten, some we mourn Why our hearts are ripped open, Why our hearts are torn Soldiers do their duty And far too many die We're left so broken hearted We wonder how and why Some day we'll progress To a more war-shy world I'd guess A more spiritual race we'll be Having had so many millions pay this heavy fee. (My heart reaches out to all those who've lost loved ones in battle. I do salute their efforts to protect our country. But politicians have many questions to answer, particularly now.....National interest? Oil? Just good ol' plain American stupidity? A burden of current leaders with the IQ of a tennis shoe? I don't know. Pray for whirled peas!!)