Poem : What Is It Good For?

Civilians forced to fight a war
They had no part in starting
Bear arms they don’t know how to use
To foreign climes departing

Trained how to kill the enemy;
An enemy unheard of
They’ve never met these innocents
They’ve helped destroy a third of

Forced by their country into fights
Against civilizations
Who aren’t that different from our own
These much frowned upon nations

We fight the people of the street
Not those that make decisions
Not those that declared war on us
Not those filled with derision

The men who make the judgment calls
The men who control nations
Are not the ones that risk their lives
Not even their relations

So why do we fight for a cause
Protecting ways of living
The propaganda might be skewed
By official misgiving

We’re better off just trying to
Inspire peace in others
Then one day that man that you shot
Might consider us brothers

Originally Posted 14/12/2015

Result - Joint 3rd Place