When you hear one talk of their Country that person has surely got it wrong <br />Since the Country you lay claim to is not yours but to the Country you belong <br />The World was here before we came and the World will be here when we have gone <br />And the Country without us will exist and life without us will go on. <br /> <br />Men go to war for God and Country and for God and Country they die <br />They believe what their leaders tell them though their so called leaders to them lie <br />When they say that when you die for your Country a place in heaven awaits you <br />Still the dead soldiers do not come back to tell us that what they had been told was true. <br /> <br />When I hear one talk of my Country to myself I only can say <br />How much of your Country do you own and what will happen when you pass away? <br />For your Country you cannot take with you when you have lived your final day <br />When you pass on to the dubious hereafter your Country behind you will stay. <br /> <br />When you hear one talk of their Country like me do you think that's not right <br />That person needs to be enlightened what they've just said <br />doesn't seem very bright <br />For all of those who talk of my Country to me 'twould seem have got it wrong <br />Since the Country's not ours in the first place but to the Country we belong.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-you-hear-one-talk-of-their-country/
