For Centuries Of Warring

For centuries of warring what wisdom have we to show The war supposed to end all wars was fought nine decades ago But by far too many have died in wars since then And in any war even the supposed winners at a huge cost do win Child soldiers in Africa kidnapped and trained to the gun The sort of life any mother would not wish for her son The warlords are evil and they rule by fear And of awful crimes against children so often we do hear Crimes against women and children we hear of in war zones every day And few criminal warlords for their crimes ever do pay Of new wars every day we do hear of and read And far too many leaders by bad example do lead The war supposed to end all wars was fought nine decades ago And still the numbers of the war dead does grow.