In a World where many see human life as cheap <br />The mothers of the war dead for their dead offsprings weep <br />Car and suicide bombers and bombs dropped from the sky <br />The victims of war by the hour multiply. <br /> <br />Though wars of the past with sadness we may recall <br />From the lessons of war we've not learned at all <br />We still give power to those who see war as okay <br />Who sends the troops to battle in Lands far away. <br /> <br />The latest declared war was based on a lie <br />How many more people in war zones must die? <br />The price of every war victory and war memorial parade <br />In human blood and loss of human life paid. <br /> <br />Due to Religion and Culture and National Pride <br />In terrorism and war far too many have died <br />We give power to idiots a wise one we need <br />A wise one to war us never would lead.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wise-one-we-need/
