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They talk of national service

Forcing young people into the army,

To train to fight and kill people right

Who on the other side was treated the same,

By leaders who would remain at home

Giving out the orders in our king, country and God’s name,

But you know it’s all a con and more precisely wrong

Trained to kill people who you don’t know or met,

Brainwashed like you no doubt I bet,

Armies and terrorist groups all set out to use

Me and you and they treat us as fools,

Cannon fodder for the battle fields of their dreams

They will mute and ignore our cries and screams,

All they seek is domination, wealth and territory

There’s nothing in this they’ll share with you or me,

And after us they let us suffer the cost of PTSD

From watching our friends die in pain horribly,

You’ll feel guilty about this and because you still breathe,

But the guilt should be theirs for making us fight

When we all know that it is not right,

But they won’t care for you in your life

As you suffer the scars that now haunt your dreams.