It Does Seem

For love of the national flag and patriotic pride By far too many young men in wars have died They did not live on for to grow old and gray For their patriotism and bravery with their lives they did pay Life is often short for some who live without fear Though the last post the dead heroes never do hear And sadly to say in every war parade In the patriotic and impressionable young future dead heroes are made I have seen old soldiers their eyes full of tears For young comrades of war deceased for many years Even victory in war does come at a huge cost Yet lessons of wars never learned though many lives have been lost In war zones of the World people are dying every day And that one war leads to another it does seem this way.