Monday, June 27, 2022

Woe to warmongers

The youth walk to war

That Kings and Kingsmen bid for -

They sold dream to be martyr 

To young soldier 

Every crusader 

Aches to have accolades

Of medals and awards 

More, much more 

Than being there as lover or Dad;

In their march 

Little do they know of pain of death 

Or ignominy in after-death

That brews out of senseless bloodshed,

And wreaths when they come to be laid 

Will be chosen for places of rest

Earmarked and epitaphed graves 

To honour not the departed braves

But ones whose bid 

For power 

Was seen as sign of leader -

He wilfully and wastefully 

expended the youth

That country and 

global community had.

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