No One Wins

Smoke where homes should stand
Flags burnt into the ground
Uniforms on children’s skin
Hope locked out
Truth shut in

They came at dawn with steel and fire
Bridges fell
Mothers screamed
Snow turned red
Sirens never ceased
They called it peace
But buried names
We watched it live
Like it was a game

In fields of grain, the soil was flesh
The hunger came
The silence stayed
Camps of fear
Under broken skies
She held her child
But not her breath
They raped her soul
Then left her dry

No one wins
A prize for death
No one wins
when none are left
No one wins
With blood-stained breath

Boots on temples
Hands in chains
Votes erased
By rifle rain
They said order
We saw graves
Tears on roads
That led to caves
We lit no candles
For the truth
We choked on silence
Called it youth

Streets of prayer
Blown into ash
A scream, a shot
Another clash
Ancient lands
Now cursed with fire
An eye for eye
But no messiah
The dead don’t know
Who fired first
They only share
The same dry earth

No one wins
A prize for death
No one wins
In stolen breath
No one wins
When all are less

And while we burn
The world in veins
We cry too late
Then load again
There’s money
For a million drones
But not for water
Books or homes
What could we fix
With what we spend
To make sure
War will never end

Who built the bombs?
Who sold the guns?
Who fuels the hate?
Then simply runs
They sit in suits
We sit in fear
They draw the lines
Then disappear
The war they started
Won’t be theirs
We bleed alone
While no one cares

No one wins
A prize for death
No one wins
But all must pay
No one wins
This war is theft
No one wins
We lost the way

Raise your hands
But not in pride
The fire dies
But not the tide
No one wins
And that’s the end