Spoils of War

The soldier boys go blindly off to fight
A battle not of their choosing. The war
Of today's fashion is a show of might
By coward suits with agendas set for
Their own ego or enrichment. They know
They cannot bleed, they cannot die. They send
Another's precious young to maintain the flow
Of dollars to their deep pockets. The end
Of innocence for a nation comes when
The people understand their young must die
So power's fortunes won't. It is, again,
The tragedy of history. And why
We keep repeating this sickness, I can't
Say, but my experience fuels this rant.