863 - Here Lie The Bodies

Here Lie The Bodies

Here lie the bodies 

Of countless young men

In cold, earthen graves

Across hillside and glen,

Sold the old lie

“It wont happen again”

But wars are made to make money.

They joined up to fight,

To do the right thing,

Believing it worth it

For the peace it would bring

But they couldn’t hear

The cash registers ring

Because wars are made to make money.

Politician proudly declare

“It's how we are defined:

Courageous defenders

Of the weak and maligned”

But they hide from us

How their pockets are lined

Because wars are made to make money.

Their talk is of peace

As protocol demands

But behind the scenes 

Are the corporate plans

Of how to ‘liberate’

Neighbouring lands

Because wars are made to make money.

All wars are the same:

The weak and poor die,

Our armies are recruited

By a fake battle cry.

So when will we stop 

And start to ask why?

When the wars no longer make money.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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