From time immemorial
green fields and valleys
have been filled
with the innocents
of war
red blood
of young men
slain in battle
soaks the fields
and inspires
the next generation
to line up in ranks
and die
dusty deaths
in foreign lands
machineguns
waste scores
of innocents
in sunny meadows
farmers later graze
their herds
in nearby fields
Michael Pruchnicki
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/innocents-of-war/
