el paredon

Anti war;

During W.W.II, I served with a combat infantry unit,
and was wounded in 1945.

My feelings against war are very deep
and recently in communicating with some friends
I put into as few word as possible my feelings.

War is the ugly antithesis of beauty

For it takes away the creative;

it destroys the humanity in man

and is a devils own savagery.

God's light becomes night,

as death shrouds our fellow beings.

Young lives should never be taken by another

for there is no victor in this
grisly sport of death .

Those that survive the carnage
are forever prisoners of their memories .

When we hate our kinsmen in humanity ,
then we must hate ourselves .

Nor should we be led by lies
to do the evil that cowards seek
to satiate a blood lust
for the innocent they do not know .

Evil can come in many forms,

but war is it's ugliest .

So beware of those that seek
the death of others

For in truth they seek yours as well.

Joe S