Arms on Fire By The Firearms

The flag had turned so green

The colonels were all dead

The politicians did us mean

All around, all red

The boys so wet & dead

Clutching letters, still unread

Their sweethearts are all wondering

What it is that they said

The ammunition survived

To see another day

The children didn't hide

That they wanted to slay

The burning flame began

To spread the lies again

To help the wicked men

And to keep us insane

The stories they tell us

Are the stories they tell you

Its just a way to suppress us

And a means to subdue you

They promised to build

But you've been fooled

They burned down the bridges

And then bombed the schools

And now that you've learned

The craft of the cruel

You'll have your share of fun

And burn up all your fuel

So I lay down at your feet

All our sullen crimes

They say history never repeats

But it sure does rhyme 

- Ritvij Tiwari. At home, Raebareli. 18/Oct/2022.