Ask the Children

"War Children" "Children during war" "war casualties" "battlefield" "war-torn countries"No-one asked the children if they thought war was fine 
Now they walk unprotected among many a land mine 
That dad would receive a hero’s welcome, well they lied
He'd be confined in chains if he's not on the winning side.


No-one told the children that they would bear the brunt
When parents die in crossfire predators be on the hunt
They are put in prison just for being their parents’ child
Living among the dead, tortured and growing up wild.


"War Children" "Children during war" "war casualties" "battlefield" "war-torn countries"


No-one gave the children the choice to have a good life
And it's no fault of theirs either to have to live in strife
It’s a child’s privilege to have family, home and shelter
When he becomes a child of war he faces a bleak future.



If no-one saves the children then there is no reason at all
To fight, to kill, to pillage and to listen to a warrior’s call
So when man says he fights for freedom it’s a disclaimer
His reason for warfare has always been a show of power.


 "War Children" "Children during war" "war casualties" "battlefield" "war-torn countries"


30 Sept 2012

A cessation of arms

War’s an ugly word
depicting death and untold misery,
an exodus of refugees
forced to escape torture and agony,
It’s endless days of 
hunger for orphans, widows, victims,
and a sea of nameless
faces whose future is hopelessly grim.

"fight' "war victims" "war zone" "war wallpaper hd"

A wise man’s ‘Do unto others
as you would others do unto you’
has become a forgotten parable
an unpracticed conduct of value,
‘Do not kill’ is a commandment
no-one bothers to pays attention to,
‘An eye for an eye’ seems to be
the action humans aim to pursue.

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A command from their leader 

and in blind faith they surge,
entering unfamiliar territories
guns and bombs for courage,
sparing their foes no kindness 
hardened criminals in uniform,
the spoils of war they procure
beasts of prey they’ve become. 

"fight' "war victims" "war zone" "war wallpaper hd" "killing" "battle" "battlefield"

As long as men go out

with a prayer they’ve the right to slay,
that they have God and
victory on their side in battle each day, 
believing that their actions 
will provide peace for their children,
that’s when war will 
be the cause for endless devastation.

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9 Feb 2008