Another Year Of War Poem by Ray Hansell

Christmas time is here again
Another chance to die
Those who are fighting in war
May say their last goodbye

The world is still not at peace
How much more can we endure
The leaders who speak of peace
Should start at their own front door

When I was young I was told
Christmas is a time of peace
If that's the case then how come
All fighting does not cease

The older I get the more I see
How much we are mislead
It's getting to the point for me
I doubt everything that's said

My country always speaks of peace
Yet, it always flexes it might
It seems that the USA
Is always ever ready for a fight

So many people are tired of war
Far too many have surely died
But it seems the only one's who care
Are the one's left behind to cry


12-8-09/RJH