poets for PEACE

Songs (Andrewagreen)

Songs

'Land of Hope and Glory

Mother of the free'

I flush with pride

In my country

And its soldiers

Who died for me.

Yet the songs we sing

To their glory

Should give us pause

For thought.

For the very same songs

We sing over their graves

We sang

As they went to war.

We sent them away

With a pat on the back

And the songs

Ringing in their ears

And the promise

We made

As we watched

Them parade

Was we won't

Let it happen

Again.

So sing out

Of respect

With tears

Of regret

For the young men

We sent off to death

But let's not forget

As we sing the old songs

We don't want anymore

Wars.