Don't hand me that fight for honor nonsense, <br />Needing to be won and done by anyone... <br />With a killing on a battlefield no one shuns. <br /> <br />When hunger and homelessness, <br />Greets to welcome... <br />Heros with no place to go, who suffers? <br /> <br />What self righteousness is blessed, <br />When nothing else is left to give... <br />Except the expectation of hollow praises. <br /> <br />And the sacrifices made, <br />Are seldom proven by those who express... <br />Such great interest in protecting peace. <br /> <br />Who's peace is so valued, <br />They would neglect with a consciousness... <br />Those who give their lives to protect it? <br /> <br />And... <br />With such obnoxious pretense, <br />They are entitled to feed upon their lofty delusions.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-self-righteousness-is-blessed/
