AFTERMATH OF WAR

 

What happens after a war's been won

Looting and violence follows on

Whilst the helpless orphans roam around

Seeking families who can't be found

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Frantic women in ruined buildings

Sift through the rubble for treasured things

Children looking like dust covered waifs

Stare up at walls that are bullet strafed

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Dreadful things may happen far away

You see them in pictures day by day

Fear and suffering are plain to see

When ever you turn on your TV

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So why rush into war without thought

Of what it will cost or that we ought

To spend some time planning to ensure

Peace and order follow on from war

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It's not all over when a war's been won

Was it worth it when all's said and done

Can victory be worth any price

When the cost's so great to human life

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Inevitable some would say gravely

Although the end effect might possibly

Be less dreadful when aftermath plans

Are made for both people and the land