We Call it...War

They go away

These dear dads

Leaving behind

Little girls with golden curls

And blue-eyed freckled lads

To fight

Other dear dads

Who leave behind

Little girls with golden curls

And blue-eyed freckled lads

We call it war

© Janet Martin

Tonight we (myself, Matt, Victoria and her friend) watched the movie

The Littlest Rebel (Shirley Temple)

‘But how does that help?’ they ask me as they watch soldiers plunder and kill.

‘Mom, how does killing people make things better?

Mom, how can being so mean bring peace?

Mom, why do we have war?

Mom, is war sin?