War

By Heather Peck

What is this world we have here?
All our hearts full of fear.
Whispers of war grow nearer each day,
Why does it have to end this way?

Rulers of land argue on and on,
their public cry for it not to be done.
They do not listen, they do not care,
they just want justice for what they say is unfair.

Young men and women leave their homes tonight,
they have been called to join the fight.
Tears will fall and hearts will break,
all of those lives which death will take.

We say farewell, we say goodbye,
god help our eyes so willing to cry.
So it is here, the thing we dread,
nightmares of death run through our heads.

The soldiers are ready, fear in their hearts,
They stare at the "enemy" taking their mark.
Take a deep breath, get ready to go,
If only the angels in heaven would know.

What is this world we have here?
all our hearts full of fear.
Whispers of war fading away,
why did it have to end this way?

Graphics by Heather Peck