Johnny stood besides his brother <br />crying Tommy look after mother, <br />He was going to fight a bloody war <br />tears fell as he walked out the door <br /> <br />His mother prayed all night for peace <br />asked the lord to let the gun fire cease <br />innocent children taken from this life <br />pain, explosions, sharp cuts the knife <br /> <br />dying men decay in the ground <br />A solution to peace has to be found <br />no more explosion, gun fire must end <br />love one's enemies, peace dear lord send <br /> <br />A future safe, hope in our life <br />no more crying mothers, or widowed wife <br />End it lord Jesus, end it all here <br />bring world peace, end every races fear <br /> <br />Johnny died fighting in a bloody war <br />a waste of life WHY LORD WHAT FOR? <br />his mothers heart broken, she too died <br />a bridge to peaceful lands too high and wide<br /><br />Marie Causey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/war-299/
