The world's heart breaks
Each day, a little more
As tiny, helpless children
Are rescued from death's door
Bombs fall as toxic rain
From unknown, unseen planes
So terror rules with endless pain
And evil's captains reign
But, I ask this one question-
In a war that lasts for years
With destruction and hunger
Nothing left but total fears
Why are there any children
Born into this dreadful state?
Men, to satisfy their carnal lust
Do these innocents create
A father is meant to protect
To nurture, and to love
Any child he has caused to be
His gift, from God above
If this is impossible to achieve
Then a father he should not be
Loving a future child enough
To leave it safe at God's right knee
A father’s tears are meaningless
When the grief has been
Caused through his carnal lust
Despite the wartime scene
Paternal love or religious beliefs
However strong or mild
Now play no part in stopping
The suffering of his child
Copyright Audrey Coatesworth 2017
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War achieves nothing...but death and heartache...and the children are its
saddest casualties...
Well written piece...
Love ya!
Jane
https://youtu.be/dpWmlRNfLck
As a counterpoint, many towns were relatively safe up to a point and family life went on. However, the tides of this war changed often and people in whole towns became trapped if they hadn't already fled as refugees like so many already have. With the men fighting, many women and children stayed behind in the safest part of town (they thought).
Finally, I think that we view our technology of war as superior with our "surgical strikes" and eyes on the target so that we "minimize collateral damage." It is really a coward's way of looking at things when we use technology to do our dirty business of bloodletting. The most heinous of all are all the countries building nuclear arsenals in the name of defense. If used in offense, like other weapons of mass destruction, civilians and children will most likely bear the brunt of "hands-off" war.
Ron