the war to end wars...

the war to end wars...
The war to end all wars” they said
And were naively believed
By those who now are honorably dead
Never knowing they were deceived

Wars are peddled with promised glory
With patriotic fervor, wars are sold
To those who die in warring gory
Without their right of growing old

For future generations, I’ve great concern
They needn’t set their world ablaze
For their survival they must discern
The peaceful road to better days
Stanley Cooper