Conscientious Objection

I thought i fought in a good war

more needed than ones before.

But, now, after seventy years

i am not sure how it appears.

It is always the young who die

and the widows who have to cry.

It’s only the establishment

who profit from the armament.

The politicians make the laws

which make war seem like a good cause.

They cheer for the young fighting man

who kills as many as he can.

All of us should be unwilling

to indulge in war and killing.

Walt Abbott–12-2-2009