war

some say war is inevitable

some say it can be ceased

some say we are all capable

of finding answers to world peace

but how many can say

the name of every life

lost since ancient days

for their land, they strived

 

tell me the painful price

that we must pay on

tell the mother, daughter, or wife

their loved one, isn't coming home

tell it to the crosses

slanted in foreign grounds

tell it to the losses

that'll never be found

the past is a foundation

on which our future is built

without these recognitions

we'll always live in guilt

 

soldier, friend or foe

victim, young or old

war has brought us far and close

war, so much, for a blurry goal

i may not speak of every name
but my heart aches for every loss
do not treat war like a game
brave, precious lives are the cost