Battle Fire

Battle Fire
Form: Barzelletta
Theme: War
Subject: Forgetting

Behind closed doors old men conspire
The fate of youth in distant lands
They forget there’s blood on their hands
Young men dying in battle fire

Tears bleed, they’re dripping from a wound
Wept beneath political doom
As old men plot their wars of gloom
Old men with their old minds untuned

Behind closed doors old men conspire
The fate of youth in distant lands
They forget there’s blood on their hands
Young men dying in battle fire

The battle-wrecked streets flowing red
How many must die to feed hate
Of the old men controlling fate
For in their war freedom lies dead

Behind closed doors old men conspire
The fate of youth in distant lands
They forget there’s blood on their hands
Young men dying in battle fire

A mother’s tears cannot cleanse guilt
When her son’s coffin is brought home
His home now a cold icy tomb
Is this the future that hope built?

Behind closed doors old men conspire
The fate of youth in distant lands
They forget there’s blood on their hands
Young men dying in battle fire

Behind closed doors old men debate
Where to drop bombs, where next to hit
With propaganda that’s bullshit
For no war can defeat their hate

Behind closed doors old men conspire
The fate of youth in distant lands
They forget there’s blood on their hands
Young men dying in battle fire

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