They are brave young men, those, who have gone off to war, <br />“They’ll all be back soon, ” on the posters they saw. <br />But they aren’t back so soon, and they’ve fought and the’ve fought, <br />And some feel they’ve fought for a cause that was nought. <br /> <br />Years have passed by but the battles wear on, <br />And the news comes back home that more young men are gone. <br />Never to come home to the land of their birth, <br />As the fall to their deaths on some strange foreign earth. <br /> <br />As the wars carry on in some guise or another, <br />We are told of a death, and its somebodies brother. <br />Its some bodies son, or its somebodies dad, <br />And we all feel the same, this is all so so sad. <br /> <br />But where will it end, When will it stop? <br />When can solutions be found at the top. <br />When can world leaders, see some common sense, <br />And stay out of these wars, just sit on the fence. <br /> <br />We cannot allow for our men to keep dying, <br />For people abroad who continue defying. <br />They don’t want our help, they don’t share our views, <br />The death of our soldiers doesn’t appear on their news. <br /> <br />We need to accept, that their lives are quite that, <br />Their traditions are based on historical fact, <br />To them we have no right to be interfering, <br />In those countries away where the heat is so searing. <br /> <br />So lets bring them home, all those boys far away, <br />In the countries out east holding evil at bay, <br />The powers that be need to find the world peace, <br />But by talking together & making wars cease. <br /> <br />By Joan Priestley (sister of Paul Butters) .<br /><br />Paul Butters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-poem-or-your-country-needs-you-by-joan-priestley/
