Lest we forget

Lest we forget the insanity
Lest we forget the inhumanity
Lest we forget the soldiers pain
Told to fight a war in an insane way
While generals sat back shouting death or glory
For the men in the trenches it was a horror story
Cut down and killed going over the top
Refusal to play this mad game would still have got you shot
Death before dishonour is a phrase used by those
Who sit in safety and don't really know
The terror and the fear of being shot and shelled
Or the suffering of the trench life hell
So many lives wasted at the Somme
So many sacrifices at Paschendale
So many poppies growing in fields
Representing the inhumanity to each other that was real
So many mothers and fathers lost their sons
So many people lost their husbands
So many people lost loved ones
On all sides and the story's not done
It continues to this very day
Men sacraficed in the worst possible way
Laying down live for another's cause
I hate the thought of these bloody wars
Being coordinated by men sitting champagne in the safety and the warmth
While you men are used and abused like pawns
Ive heard it said that 'Generals sit sip Bacardi while the privates feel the pain'
The leaders and politicians laugh while quaffing their champagne
Would there really be as many bloody wars
If those who state its a noble cause
Be first out over the trench, going over the top
Charging at machine guns knowing it's they will be shot
I got this theory if they made to lead from front
You would notice how quickly all these bloody wars would stop
And that the poppies growing in the fields though whilst never being forgot
Could symbolise the hope that the penny dropped
And the insanity
Of man's inhumanity
May cease to continue
In a future where there's no more War!
Footnote:
Lest we forget, we need to fight war, not wars.
Support the cause and save lives
Make the future more peaceful and bright
Keep all of humanity safe and reject the policy to fight
Refuse to heed the leaders calls
If nobody turns up to fight wars cannot be fought
Leaders won't stop wars its up to the people
Stop being sheep and start rebel
Be abuse war is just fucking hell
No matter if religious no matter the cause
Terrorists and soldiers refuse to heed the call
To ensure there are no wars no more.
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