Who Poem by Frederick Nellist

This bloody war, I can't keep awake
I'm told it's for my countries sake
Combatting a man never seen before
Could be the guy who lives next door
Perhaps my foe is thinking the same
Who then is doing things in our name
Don't have to be a great technician
Got it in one some damned politician.

We are soldiers so tell the hell why
A new day dawns who is going to die
Will I be the next to lose his life
Brave politician please tell my wife
It's been four years can you believe
Was it worth it, what did we achieve
A soldiers thoughts, had to be said
Can't ask my mates most of them dead.