Do not wish to hear your war stories of battles fought and won <br />Since I saw on t v this evening a mother grieve for her dead son <br />Her son murdered by a sniper with a bullet in his back <br />And I could only feel pity for this poor mother in Iraq <br />Of war and stories of it I do not wish to hear <br />Men who declare war on other people are those who rule by fear <br />Tell me some happy story or otherwise let me be <br />Your stories of war and war heroes only bore and sadden me, <br />Of war and it's brutality so much written and said <br />And in the news headlines on radio I hear of more war dead, <br />Tell me some happy story laughter in me provoke <br />Today I need a break from your war stories instead tell me a good joke <br />Today a mother in Iraq grieves for her murdered son <br />And I've heard enough of war from you of battles fought and won.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-do-not-wish-to-hear-your-war-stories/
