Observation

I don’t think much of the war that’s in the news this week
Those are not places that I’ve been or wish to go

All so embroiled, unmended damage
unhealed hurts, consuming fear 

Hard not to look at pictures taken at such cost
but I don’t want to dream about dead children. 

The refugees demand compassion
yet where on earth can they all go?

Getting involved could make things worse
Staying aloof seems abdication to brutality

What outside interests are fishing in that pool?
and can we be sure about which side is ‘ours’?

Is it the ones proclaiming values we promote
or those well armed with weapons we supplied?

It’s not as if this was the only war around
and is there any good way it can end?

Watching too much you soon feel guilty, helpless
wondering – are they at war so we don’t have to be?

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Tony Lucas

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