“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.”
Nikola Tesla
“He's not worth dyin' for!”
That's what my heart cries
From its deepest depths as
Young men and women
Are sent into battle
Illegally
Just to satisfy the whims
Of an aged and demented
Would be king
And his sycophantic cohorts.
How many understand
What he is demanding of them?
How many question
Where their loyalties
Are supposed to lie?
To the narcissistic pedophile
And conman?
Or the written
Law of the land?
How many will die
Never knowing
They didn't have to die
At all?
How many understand
They aren't protecting us,
Only enabling him
And his maniacal schemes?
When will the madness end?
When will the madness end?
Hopefully someone will stop him
Before he unleashes
The unimaginable.
This poem carries the weight of a warning bell—clear, urgent, and unflinching. The voice feels both personal and collective, speaking from a place where grief and outrage meet. What stands out is the way you frame the young not as symbols, but as real lives caught in the machinery of someone else’s ambition. The repeated question, “When will the madness end?”, lands with the force of a lament and a plea, reminding us how easily loyalty can be manipulated and how devastating the cost becomes. A stark, powerful piece that refuses to look away from the human price of misguided leadership.
The appeal is strong to young men of uncertain future to enter the military and the potential for fame and glory that is the history of warfare. But these young men, and now, women, often lured to join with prospects of learning a trade or getting a free college education, do not expect to be put in harm's way.
We should have learned from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, that military regime change results in disastrous consequences and often many young soldiers dying, as history records, for no good reason.
History always records that civilians suffer the most from all of the wars played by all of the leaders with misplaced objectives like all our president, Donald J Trump. Trying to improve his image and his power, so that he can leave a legacy not only from riches gathered from the military industrial complex and its fueler, fossil fuels, but having his name placed on military equipment and bases around the world along with more statues and monuments.
From the land of the milked and honeyed here’s a few political faux pas and a bit of attitude exposed to the harsh light of a Canadian who actually has their own opinion.
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We should have learned from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, that military regime change results in disastrous consequences and often many young soldiers dying, as history records, for no good reason.
History always records that civilians suffer the most from all of the wars played by all of the leaders with misplaced objectives like all our president, Donald J Trump. Trying to improve his image and his power, so that he can leave a legacy not only from riches gathered from the military industrial complex and its fueler, fossil fuels, but having his name placed on military equipment and bases around the world along with more statues and monuments.
You are dead right and he is dead wrong.
Ron