An End To War
Written in the light of the announcement that the IRA had at last handed over weapons for decommissioning in order to save the Peace Process in Ireland:
Is this an End To War?
Horror, Conflict, War.
Words that cause us to tremble. What the hell are they for?
Let us not try to dissemble. Horror is no good to man nor beast.
Conflict only brings pain.
War is described as fighting for peace but what, in the end, do we gain?
One side is vanquished, the other side wins,
weapons are laid down at last; then just as one's ended another begins.
Does anyone learn from the past?
Millions of lives have been lost in this way,
innocent people destroyed and what politician can honestly say
it was something we couldn't avoid?
But sometimes, just sometimes, logic prevails
and talking replaces insanity and, arguments ended, hostility fails
and wisdom supercedes vanity.