W A R IS A CURSE FROM HELL A BLIGHT ON ALL GOOD OF THIS WORLD
MILLIONS OF MEN SENT TO BE SLAIN NEVER TO LIVE TO TELL
THE ABJECT PAIN HORROR AND MISERY THEY SAW AND WERE FORCED TO ENDURE
WHEN WILL THE LEADERS AND PEOPLES OF THIS PLANET EVER FIND THE SOLUTION
TO OBLITERATE WAR
AS IT HAS ANNIHILATED OTHERS BEFORE WE ARE FOREVER TOO LATE
TO FIND PANACEA'S CURE
YET COULD NOT THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED GIVEN TO BETTER PURPOSE BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH COMPROMISE TO GLEAN
TERRITORIES SHARED IN PEACE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE ANSWER
COMPROMISE IS NOT WEAK IT IS THE LINK THAT KEEPS US STRONG
THE PLANET IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR COUNTRIES AND PEOPLE TO SHARE
YET THE OBSESSIVE DESIRE TO SEGREGATE IT HAS ONLY BROUGHT DEVASTATION TO BEAR
MOTHERS FATHERS WIVES ALL MEMEBERS OF FAMILY
BEREFT WITH LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES GONE FOREVER THEIR VALOUR AND BRAVERY GAINED NOTHING FOR THEMSELVES
FUTURE GENERATIONS WERE BEQUETHED PEACE ONLY POSTUMOUS REMEMBERANCE IN EXCHANGE FOR PREMATURE DEATH LIVES UNLIVED AND LOST
THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALL OF THIS WE CAN NEVER EVALUATE THE INCALCUBLE COST
YET FOR OUR PEACE THE SOLDIERS SO SELFLESSLY GAVE US WE STILL AGAIN AND AGAIN THROW IT AWAY
WAR CONTINUING THROUGHOUT TERRORITORIES
OF THIS WORLD TO THIS VERY SOMBRE PRESENT DAY
LETS US ALL BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY AN EPIPHANY WILL DESCEND UPON THE WORLD
TO STOP THE DEVASTATION OF HUMANITY
PERHAPS THEN ONLY WILL THE CLOCK HANDS OF WARTIME FOREVER STOP
Copyright Anne Kelleher 11.11.2018 In Remeberance of All who died and fought 100 Year Centenary of First World War
