Yes we should commemorate the fallen in war

Support the injured And help the traumatised

But let us not support the war machinery

The artillery, tanks and bombs of war

There is no pride in weapons

Only sadness and sorrow

 

People should be our focus

Our friends, family and lovers

Let us remember a child is born a child

An Islamist terrorist is not born to that life

Any more that a child of Nazi Germany

Was born to become a member of the Hitler Youth

 

We should strive to see the best in all

Not hope vainly that the soldier’s boot will bring peace

We must work to support justice and fairness in distant lands

With the faith that one day the cold roar of artillery is needed no longer

And politicians and generals will no longer send our loved ones to war.

 

Jack Mason, Magnolia Rise, Trowbridge.