'My Poem' Or 'your Country Needs You' By Joan Priestley. Poem by Paul Butters

They are brave young men, those, who have gone off to war,
"They'll all be back soon, " on the posters they saw.
But they aren't back so soon, and they've fought and the've fought,
And some feel they'vefought for a cause that was nought.

Yearshave passed by but the battles wear on,
And the news comes back home that more young men are gone.
Neverto come home to the land of their birth,
As the fall to their deaths on some strange foreign earth.

As the wars carry on in some guise or another,
We are told of a death, and its somebodies brother.
Its some bodies son, or its somebodies dad,
And we all feel the same, this is all so so sad.

But where will it end, When will it stop?
When can solutions be found at the top.
When can world leaders, see some common sense,
Andstay out of these wars, just sit on the fence.

We cannot allow for our men to keep dying,
For people abroad who continue defying.
They don't want our help, they don't share our views,
The death of oursoldiers doesn'tappear on their news.

We need to accept, that their lives are quite that,
Theirtraditions are based on historical fact,
To them we have no right to be interfering,
In those countries away where the heat is so searing.

So lets bring them home, all those boys far away,
In the countries out east holding evil at bay,
The powers that be need to find the world peace,
But by talking together& makingwars cease.

By Joan Priestley (sister of Paul Butters) .