…The View from the Bench…

A moving poem written by Seumas.

Seumas Gallacher

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THE VIEW FROM THE BENCH

There’s nothing great about war, my son,

Despite what the generals say

To be out in the void at the end of a gun

Just hoping you’ll live through each day

There’s bile in your throat with each breath that you take,

And nothing to assuage your fear,

For bullets and bombs won’t give you a break

When the claws of the devil come near

It’s not about courage, or strength, or of guts,

And nothing to do with your honour,

With killings and bombings, no ifs and no buts

When you die as some government’s fodder

And what of your family, your kids and your wife?

Will they be grateful you died as a hero?

When you die as a pawn, the next wasted life

–Their future slashed down to zero?

I sit on this bench, and cast my thoughts back,

To the…

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