War

"A single death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic". These are the famously cruel words of Joseph Stalin, a man who murdered millions in his dictator leadership over the USSR. However these cold words hold more truth then we like to admit.
If a single person dies, it can be like the end of the world, our light, our meaning in life, is gone. But if you hear about the wars that go on, the thousands of soldiers who are dying, we may spare a thought for them yes, and perhaps think about the cruelty and useless loss of human life, and how wrong it is. Yet the numbers are too large to really comprehend, A thousand dead? Ten thousand? They are just numbers on a page, the only difference are the zeros which are added on, the tragedy itself cannot be measured or understood.
Faceless people, gone.
Imagine receiving the news that your father, brother, or son has been killed. Now imagine ten thousand people receiving this news.It's still too hard to perceive.
Millions never returned from the Great War, their bodies never found, never remembered.
Their loss is a tragedy which can never fully be comprehended.

I hear the train come clanking past
And the dead faces in the gloom
Rattling, it rushes by too fast
Warriors, taken all too soon
Sentry’s rusting bayonet in hand
Face fixed in a grimace of fear
Flesh rotting from his final stand
Grinning in some mockery of cheer
Carriages creaking past by night
The men, so cold and so alone
In silence, a mockery of respite
The soldiers who will never go home

Musings on a Broken Heart

Your name is silent now upon my lips
As down my solemn cheeks that teardrop drips
I swear a thousand times I called your name
And now you say you aren’t the one to blame
You led me on a long and merry dance
And then lost me quick, when you had the chance
Did you smile when I told you all my fears?
Was it fun to see me reduced me to tears?
Did it amuse you so, to watch me break-
To destroy the love that you helped to make
Did it please you when my heart was torn in two?
I bet you laughed when you realised it was because of you