This damn war

Has destroyed my realign

I can no longer

Hold stead fast to

That kind of blind faith

That faith which

Drove me to pick up arm

In the first place

 That faith which aloud

Me to think that

God favored us over them

I’ve ran the gauntlet of death

And live to talk about it

I’ve been in this hell

For far too long

I’ve played my role

In this bloody show

Remember when I thought this,

Cause was more than a show!?!

Clearing the paths

As I pull the dead out of the way

Their eyes open wide

Covered for a blue film

Staring right through me

Up to my elbows in

Rotting flesh and maggoty entrails

I wanted to save civilization

So much I let it drive me to

Kill

And now, now I have

This raging desire to live

Without the specter of death

In either case all I can hear

Is my voice screaming

The failures of this life and past

Being unable to tell

Where the blood ends

And the mud begins

In every age

Lords, Gods, Kings, Generals, Presidents

Have promised a war to end all wars

Once day they might deliver

But so far all we get is

Death

Young men and women

Where the only difference

Is the flag they salute

Cutting one another down

Because of the lies and empty promises

Of their leaders

Their mothers and fathers

Grieving and proud

(As they should)

Yet their governments

Give the families

Empty tokens and empty words

To convinced them

That it was a necessary sacrifice

Many who read my words

Might say I’m anti-soldier

When in truth is

Anti- Slaughter

That’s all this has been

It’s what all wars are

All war ever will be is

Preventable slaughter

No matter who’s right, or

Who’s wrong in the eyes of history

It’s just slaughter