Can't you see
They brainwashed you
How long
Have you allowed yourself
To be inundated
With their propaganda
They tell you
You're fighting for a cause
For your country
For the greater good
For peace
What they don't tell you
Is you have to cut down
Men
Women
Children
Elderly
Disabled
Anyone
And everyone
On enemy soil
They don't discriminate
Everyone must die
And you, soldier
Will do the killing
Do they tell you
That the bomb your dropping
Creates refugees
That flock to your own homeland
Seeking aid
Do they tell you that they create
The ever-revolving door of war
With this system
Do they tell you that the
Man you just killed
Was an orphan of war
And that in killing him
You just created another
Do they tell you
That peace can't be manufactured
And they know that
Do they tell you
That war
Is good business
And it's all about the money
Do they even tell you
What we're really fighting for
It's not resources
It's not peace
It's not for any fabled greater good
It's to keep us oppressed
To keep us in fear
Don't you know how easy it is
To control a populace in fear
And you are the frontline
Of their agenda
You were brainwashed first
And you are now forced
To brainwash the rest of us
With your bravery
Your service
Your sacrifice
But when you don't die
Fighting for your country
When you're not an empty name
On a cold piece of marble
You're discarded
Just like the piece of trash
Your brainwashers truly saw you as
Come on home, soldier
To an absent welcome committee
Who sees you as nothing
But a broken statue
And when you come home
No longer able
To fight any wars
Shattered, doing what they said
Would glorify you
You'll see
That you were never
Anything more than a pawn
In their twisted game
Of money and power
War is their game
And we are all
Just their movable pieces
About the Creator
A. R. Ambrosi
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I started writing as a child because I ran out of stuff to read. So, I only write stuff that I like. If you like it too, awesome! Enjoy! ^_^
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