Along the war Avenue of Honour a plaque to a dead soldier nailed to every tree <br />Brave young men who died in battle their reward for their bravery <br />They died in the war said to end all wars in the killing fields of World war one <br />But many wars since and far too many bloody battles and peace in the World not yet won. <br /> <br />Wars started by silly ageing men who send the young for them to die <br />Ageing men who themselves will die of old age and their twilight years they will enjoy, <br />ageing males heroes of their people we honour cowards as heroes one might say <br />The young men will go to war for them and the young men with their young lives pay. <br /> <br />The war supposed to end all wars long over almost nine decades since have gone by <br />But many wars have been fought since then and war pilots dropp their big bombs from the night sky <br />But suppose that's what will always happen when we give all of our power away <br />To silly and ageing male war men who with hair dyes cover their gray. <br /> <br />Along the war avenue of honour long dead soldiers names on every tree <br />Young noble men who died in battle far from homeland and family <br />In what was to be the war to end all wars yet we don't have much wisdom to show <br />For the loss of so many fine young men well over eight decades ago.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/along-the-war-avenue-of-honour/
