todieforamistakepoem

                     To Die for a Mistake

                      How can you ask somebody
                      to die for a mistake?
                      In a war
                      for reasons fake
                      people on the take
                      in anger you shake
                      at the senseless
                          waste of it all.
                            and the wall
                      of us versus them
                            you condemn
                      but it goes on and on
                              history knows
                           the blood flows
                          as anything goes
                      in the business of
                               killing.
                      In the name of a cause
                                    without pause
                      as chance draws straws
                      for those lost forever.
                             thrilling
                           for too many
                       who are certain
                      they know what’s right
                         until the illusions
                               and confusion
                         finally end
                       but it’s too late
                                       a fate
                         for those pawns
                             in the game
                      who are never
                                  the same
                                     again!