Humans Never Learn

More stories of death and horrific injuries from war zones we hear of every day Humans never learn from history it does seem this way Even for so called war winners the price of their victory in lives lost huge to pay That the warring kind not open to learning as some like to say This thing called a just war is based on a lie Ageing men start wars for the young to fight in and die The war winners write the war history and that's how 'twill always be Though they too are guilty of crimes against humanity By the most of their Nation's people the praises of war winning leaders in public are sung Whilst many of the war losing leaders are either shot or hung But the dead soldiers of the winning side will not be at the war victory parade And they will not hear the bugle when the last post is played And though the war it is over and victory is won The mother left to grieve for her dead soldier son.