Totalled
From all the
deadly calculus of war,
With
mounting tolls that are so horrific
They become
just a gruesome statistic,
Let this
accounting be for one, not more.
Focus on a
single obscenity,
What should
be an unimaginable fact,
A child
killed through a deliberate act
In vain
pursuit of national liberty.
When pulling the trigger is justified
As
self-defence, which partial god or creed
Can be
invoked to excuse such a deed,
By laying
the guilt on the other side?
The gains of
war cannot be reconciled
With loss of
a man, a woman, a child.
D. A.
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