'Lest We Need a War' by Christopher Titus

Those in dire need of a war

May be but only a few

Those in need of a war

May be but the lest prepared

All we want is war! War we need!!

Those in power cries for war

Those governed suffers its wrought

When the war drum is beat

Those in need run so fast and far

Atlas! The war has began.

The masses die in the field of war

While the masters thine in bars of wine

The rich fronts the war

The poor face its fronts

Atlas! We die for the war they needed.

We suffer in pains

They reap our gains

We fight and die in vain

They gather fleet of cars and houses

And with frequent flight

They merry with fats in their veins.

Our families are torn apart

Theirs are flown abroad

They supply guns and bullets

While we die with buns and thirst in our gullets

Atlas! We die yet for the war they cried for.

We are never mourned

When we’ve gone

Even our newly borne ones

Are not told about

The remains of our bones!

The cry for war is light

But the causalities are much

Before we press for a war

Let’s consider how far

We have gone!!!

Christopher Titusis an engineering student at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. A student leader and activist, Christopher loves travelling, acting and exploring.

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