War - Conflict

We never asked for war

Nor in the deepest darkest corners of our minds

Can we contemplate its eternal horror?

Carnage incomparable, human squander

It’s neither sweet nor fitting

Fighting;

a senseless call to arms

Through lifeless eyes I can still see

The bombers flying over

Bombing the path to peace

Who condones this bloodlust?

The skin of my face sticks to the cold concrete

My blood siphoning from my body by fellow man

I can still feel the shrapnel searing limbs

I can still breath but the gas burns my lungs

I can still speak, asking, but there is no answer

I can still smell life’s sweet aroma

But now I can taste death

I can hear God calling

But ceremony is short

Greater men?

Greater wars?

Were they scarred

Scared, lonely as I for lost cause?

When fear is spent, I feel the numbness that makes me

Long for cold caress

It’s over, cruel finality that disallows family

Love, useless lamenting lost chances

Welcome my lord, farewell my love

We never asked for war