Between warring Countries hostilities do not last <br />And 'tis true your friend of tomorrow may be your foe of the past <br />But life goes on as usual that's how it seems to be <br />And we make friends with the old foe to fight our new common enemy <br />And everyone grows older but few grow wise and gray <br />For we still glorify the folly of war in the World of today <br />And we find things in common when we have a common foe <br />But as we do grow older few of us do wiser grow, <br />We celebrate war heroes to die in war is not seen as a sin <br />And when one war it is over another war begin <br />To use the name of God in war seems hypocritical that would seem fair to say <br />And to Moses fifth commandment respect we never pay <br />Crimes of hate and xenophobia sad to say are on the rise <br />And everyone is growing older but so few are growing wise.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/everyone-is-growing-older/
