Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Poem by Fired Heart

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Cry the distant guns of war.
The whole earth is shaking,
But we stand firm, whilst others fall dead to the floor.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
A mother’s cry will not reach our ears.
She cradles her lost baby;
Her eyes and her nation overflows with tears

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Every night, every day, at all times;
Killing innocent people and soldiers for what?
The protection and preservation of honourable mankind?

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Does anybody know why the guns roar?
Does anybody know why we are trapped?
KILLING for PEACE is one way to withhold it, I am sure.

(21/3/09)