The Great War of Casualties
The Casualties of WWI
One Great Lie
We praise them for what they have done
For they are men, and boys no more
And off they go to have some fun
This is the lie that young men see
But they don't know what happened to me
They see the war as all "Hunky Dory"
But that is all just another fiction story
War is not all it's brought up to be
Dear friends who died right in front of me,
I know not why we went to die
For what we believed to be true
Emerges to be one great lie
For no vast quarrel is worth the life of you
Michael Fortier
Effects of war
Triple Entente and Central Powers Deaths
World War One Graveyard
As Tensions Rise
This Zigzag Path
This zigzag path of doom
where death will forever loom
My new home in which I live
life, I pray that it will give
We dug all night and into the morn
Our powerful energy is now worn
This zigzag path of pain
Where there is nothing for us to gain
Will one day take my life,
But also end this strife
This war to which we were sent
Has taken more than my dollar and cent
This zigzag path of death
will take my final breath
"Is that gas?" someone will ask
as we fumble on our mask
One deep breath he will take
For he knows he will never wake
This zigzag path of peace
Has granted me now to cease
And as I fly into the sky
I ask myself, "Why?"
This war in which I have fought so long
Proves to me that I was wrong
In war, there is no pride and glory
It only kills your untold story
Michael Fortier