White Feathers Sprayed Red

We war with impunity And weaponise such things as the beauty of flowers And all for what ? When come today we have to guard the statues and Cenotaph that commemorate our fallen heroes Only for them to suffer in death the indignity of being treated with such contempt for the very same right's and freedom they gave their lives for You student's You self effacing intellects You political prophet's You protest You gather You march Underneath your slogan or banner in righteous indignation of your cause Such bravery Such charity Such courage Such sacrifice Once more into the breech the rallying cry to those with spray can in hand to vandalize under the cover of dark with face hidden behind a bandana I doubt their is anything you would be willing to lay your life down for apart from maybe your computer and internet access So next time you log on do yourself a favour and research your family history and see if any of your family members lost there lives and think there but for the grace of god go i These statues and monuments are not supposed to justify or glorify war the complete opposite in fact they are to remind us of the futility and human cost but most importantly of all the cause Millions of people deemed worthy dying for I wonder if year's to come how you will be viewed by history Will people gather to commemorate you build a statue in your honour be you remembered by a bank holiday Or will you hopefully end up instead being a footnote in a museum Entitled When you don't understand your history And talk before you listen You run before you can walk