What do foolish men do <br />When all the wolves are dead? <br />Why - they find another kind of wolf <br />One in a man skin instead. <br /> <br />The Dogs of War they hunt in packs <br />And jackals fight over the bones, <br />Only the innocent suffer and die <br />And families lose their homes. <br /> <br />When the power and the fury are spent, <br />The last sword sheathed, the final challenge sent, <br />When all there is to say is said and done, <br />And yet what has to end has not begun, <br />Though all the warriors are laid to rest <br />And gifts are given at their bequest <br />There’s still one deed that’s left undone, <br />To find the victor and ask, “Who has won? ” <br /> <br />But no one asks that question, <br />The words are left unsaid, <br />For there never is a winner <br />If all you have is dead. <br /> <br />June 1993 - revised March 2003<br /><br />Josephine Dunn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dogs-of-war/
