I Wonder How Soon All The Wars Would End Poem by Erick Thorin

I Wonder How Soon All The Wars Would End



I wonder how soon all the wars would end
The promoters of them to the front could we send
And the blood of the rich to be spilled for thee
So the laboring classes can be free
To write their own destiny.
I wonder too how many would fight
For the freedom from want of the poor
The rich man's son stays in school
And the poor man's boy takes the lure.
The churches can't help for they compromise
God's on our side they say
While winking their eyes
And the ignorant kill for a cause no one knows.
It's been said man's meant to be free,
Now I ask you freedom from what?
Is it freedom to cheat
Or freedom to lie
Or freedom to live in a hut?
No man is free far as I can see
Because of his passion's desire.
It's not right for men to fight
Or women their bodies for hire
I could continue for hours on end
To express, expound and rehearse
For man to arrive and still be alive
To realize the truth of this verse.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jade Leven 04 June 2007

I love this poem. I agree completely. You are a great writer. I've written a lot of poems about the war, too, and there are so many on this site. I'm glad so many people care. But anyway, u rock! :)

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