People don’t behave in war
They never have
License to kill is what they have
And so they do and so much more
And so we find dead bodies
Stories of rape emerge
There’ll be torture of some victims
War is just a scourge
We put soldiers under pressure
Go and fight for us
Some are frightened some are brave
Some don’t give a tinker’s curse
It was the way my father said it
That convinced me of its truth
That war is a game for idiots
A destroyer of our youth
We have a duty all of us
To bring this to an end
Follow the example of the Lord
Stand your ground my friend
Jesus spoke to his enemies
We must do the same
He spoke the truth in Pilate’s court
It’s the name of the game
Pilate poured scorn on things like that
Truth is it you say?
Stay close to it in all you do
Truth will win the day
Brian Fahy
3 April 2022
Erris Poetry 