War No More

There’s gunfire in the mountains

The black smoke fills the air

Death’s the only game in town

No hope, only despair

Fighting for a reason

That was lost along the way

Protesting is treason

Darkness rules the day

Rulers choose the battles

Never thinking twice

Pawns are cannon fodder

Their lives a sacrifice

For leaders without conscience

Who fill an endless need

For the power that consumes them

And a never ending greed

Children never growing up

When will this madness cease

They were born into this garden

To live in love and peace

And yet, somehow we turn away

From this holocaust at hand

As the tyrants kill the hope that was

The birthright of this land

Forsaking what we might have been

So afraid of what’s in store

Wondering if we’ll ever be

A world of war no more

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