So rest young warrior In yon ditch or field And know that we are grateful For the might that you did wield. Rest easy in your graves For it's not you who sinned And we will always honour you Though you are but dust in the wind. The suited table talkers who fail Send our young to die But don't include their own children When they give war a try. It's the unemployed and poor who sign up for wars and adversity While the rich kids catch a jet To a foreign job or university. So many generous immature souls Come forward when the Bell is rung When the politician's remedies fail They pass the bile filled cup - To the young.
Tag: Adversity
In Praise of the Brave
To go forward without thinking To rush in where angels fear to tread To face danger without blinking Knowing you may live or perhaps lie dead. To take true love as your benchmark And use it well to define your life Treat all adversity as just a lark And build new dreams from strife Oh the many hopes and dreams Of courageous men and women Who don't falter in life's streams But doggedly keep on swimming. Who for the noble cause of right Subjugate the normal human yearning They bear to stand, cold, in the night And watch their bridges burning.
I’ve Seen LOVE
The fickle butterfly called love Can settle or fly away As we go on with our daily lives We generally hope it will stay. Sometimes love goes wrong And the goodwill bank runs low In the passion of all the anger Lovers can watch the butterfly go. But I have seen true love I have seen it bold and plain Born from generous dependency Nurtured by the lovers' pain. I've seen my friend Mike stunned By the filthy erosion of his brain He ceases to walk far unaided And won't pee standing again. He and I were sharing some tea When his wife entered his space His fetid gaze suddenly sharpened And a beam simply split his face. She kissed him and sat with him And looked into the eyes of the smile She softened and flushed pinkly And they were lost together for a while. So I've seen love true and undiluted A privilege witnessed by very few Blossoming in the ashes of adversity What a lesson for me and you.
As I See Things 