Whos War
Every time they incite me against you
they tell me you are my enemy
And every time they incite you against me
they tell you am your enemy
They themselves never have enemies
Not that they are at peace with everybody
But because there are no enemies at all
Every time they declare war between us
they tell me to fight for my constitutional rights
And they tell you to fight for your patriotic rights
But themselves never participate in the wars
Not that they have no rights to fight for
But because they use us to fight their wars
They turn their differences to our war
and make us fight for their power
And when they get to the high echelons
they never look back at us
As we lay our slain,
they celebrate their victory
If the enmity is between me and you
We shall declare our war
And if the fight is for our rights
We shall determine whether to fight
We shall let their difference be their differences
And their wars be their wars
If somebody must fight,
Let it be them not us.
Copyright © Cyrus Theuri | Year Posted 2016
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