War Is For Fools
I turned over the channel
to come in on the end
of a documentary
Islam a chant flowing
through the town
we hate america
we hate the jews
it was like a football match
where you're chanting
for opposing sides
yet evil grows from ideas
a city taught to hate
the anger and the strength
radiating from the face of a youth
a child growing on the path of revenge
reminded me of the hitler youth
taught to dob in the parents
reminded me of the raised arms
to Hitler when he trained his people
for war
the world stood back
and watched as he attacked
the country's surrounding him
society to the left stood back
not wanting war
yet the thought
went through my mind
a whole country like that
how do you stop it
how do you stand against a tide
I sat a table with different people
some old some young
The young people came
from that area
complaining of the past
complaining of a story
A blond girl had been
promised to a sheik
promised to one
but given to another
The young people
said with anger
that caused a war
between the two sheiks
The young people indignant
were angry against the injustice
yet the elderly stated thats good war
use your enemies to fight each other
Ideas are like a seed
they start in one man
and grow to become a nation
I hate war
It would be better if people
would decide to live in peace
to forgive the past
yet sometimes people are fools
If a man throws a fist
I'm not going
to stand their and take it
I would throw a fist back
Nobody wins from the wars
England is still paying for the cost
of the second world war
America has already taken on
twenty trillion dollars of debt
thousands of Muslims have lost
children arms legs and lives
nobodys wins from the wars
all are just fools
going around on a circle of pain
fools hurting each other
with no end in sight
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2017
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