Without death, bloodshed and suffering wars are never won <br />And only hatred and grief survives when the fighting is done <br />And war heroes honoured in every war street parade <br />By war men the memories of war not allowed for to fade <br />The politicians the praises of the war dead do sing <br />Their politicizing of war for sake of power not an honourable thing <br />For God, Flag and Country and National Pride <br />Far too many good young people in wars have died <br />one war leads to another war as the wise one did say <br />And millions for patriotism in wars with their lives do pay <br />For the sake of war the war men create us against they <br />And for the love of a flag the young and brave die in wars today <br />And on Rememberance Day the war men parade up and down <br />In a show of patriotism through the streets of the town.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/without-death-bloodshed-and-suffering/
