War Poem by Travis Lepine

Why have a heart if anon it will cease
And why do we battle with intentions for peace?
The irony shines from the blade of the sword
Where our blood and our sweat goes without much reward.
The peace is disturbed and the death numbers tolled
And our earth is frantically raging.
Dust off your rifle and do as your told
For your lifespan is rapidly aging.
So why continue to mimic our forefathers faults
Just to discard our brothers into forgotten vaults?
Their wives and their children’s tears flood hollow tombs
And the roses do wither from their once lofty bloom.
Never we thought freedom came with such woe
O! the guns’ breath is violently flaring.
The stories of honour are buried below
With the attire the corpses were wearing.