Dogs of war

Bottomless is the pit
that swallows the light of truth.
So to hold us
in the darkness of ignorance.
To leave us lie upon
the stony ground of stupidity
to repeat yet once again the lessons
unlearned in days now past.

And here we stand before a world
that stands against us.
Thinking thoughts of the just
as we leave a bloody trail in our wake.
Deaf to the cries unheard
beneath the heels of oppression.
While we march forever on to heed
the call that commands these fools of freedom.

And as we are yet again
left to wonder at the cost of liberty
whose debt is paid in full
by the blood of our sons and daughters.
We search our souls for a faith
forgotten in times gone by,
as we tread the trail of tears
that lies before us.

And we, being blindly lead
by the beliefs of our fathers
follow the path of lies
that has brought us here today
We who have been lead astray
by the promise of peace
only to find that the dogs of war
rage endlessly on.