tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691041103281974891.post1021560011933436511..comments2023-10-14T19:08:05.877+04:30Comments on Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: British forces to develop new Afghan Army training schoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691041103281974891.post-22495527975074203212009-07-24T00:24:21.544+04:302009-07-24T00:24:21.544+04:30No Need To Go To War
I have no need to go to war,...No Need To Go To War<br /><br />I have no need to go to war,<br />In winter cold or wet monsoon ,<br />Or stare upon the bloody gore,<br />Of battlefields, in bodies strewn.<br />I have no need to go to war,<br />Nor hear the battle sound,<br />Of those who went before<br />To seize the battle ground.<br /><br />I have no need to go to war,<br />Nor hear the sound of dying breath,<br />Midst limbless bodies by the score,<br />Lying in silent death.<br />I have no need these things to see<br />Nor more stories, need I hear,<br />Of brave and fruitless glory,<br />To feel the stench of fear.<br /><br />I have no need to go to war,<br />Nor watch grim death it’s harvest reap,<br />For countless souls have gone before,<br />That we might tranquil sleep.<br />We shall not your sacrifice forget,<br />For generations yet unborn.<br />Soldiers brave, their lives regret<br />We who follow, can but mourn.<br /><br />Where battle was, now fields of corn,<br />And fruits exotic fill the store.<br />Cheerful we rise and greet the dawn,<br />Thanking those who went before.<br />In death they paid the final price,<br />In foreign field on distant shore,<br />Who dares forget such sacrifice,<br />Shall pay again, the price of war.speakeeziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847866535535652641noreply@blogger.com