Loss

A being has been created
As valuable as any
A miracle has happened
Of course we see so many

The bedrock of existence
Immortal for a while
Phenomenal in so many ways
A number and a file

In some corporate office
An identity of sorts
Somebody’s relation
In somebody’s thoughts

A child grows ever upwards
Develops and proceeds
Critical and crucial
Where his life now leads

Where all this has happened
Really who dare say
WhIch path he might follow
On any given day

He may don that uniform
And be issued with his gun
And be asked to fight the enemy
Out there in the sun

He may not have ever thought
About his enemy before
But now he has reached
The theatre
The theatre of war

He was sad to leave his mother
Whom he loved so very much
Whoever the enemy was he thought
Perhaps their mothers touch
Was precious to them too
He began to wonder why he was there
And wondered if the enemy
Similarly did share

These thoughts or were they gung ho
Couldnt wait to kill
Whilst he was thinking about all this
A sound it was kind of shrill
He remembered feeling very sick
And he was looking at the sky
Clearly he wouldn’t see his mother
For his eyes closed he did die

We ask what was creation doing
Why was it that he
Was sent into a battle
Where he should never be

War is really pointless for the soldiers
In the field
Its All to do with money
And arms sales that can yield
Huge amounts of profit
For the fat cats and the banks
Who make a lot of money
Putting soldiers into tanks

Inspired by a post on facebook just now
A song by Dire Straits

It was just the guitar part that brought
These thoughts into my mind not the words

About Rex Tyler

I love animals. I enjoy writing poetry and delivering speeches.I like to mentor people who need help in preparing speeches and evaluations.I enjoy travel although it is much harder for me these days.I so enjoyed the Andes Mountains and Volcanoes and the Quichua people who live and thrive there.I have lots of friends around the world.
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