IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN

OPEN EDITION 19 JAN

They said war would never happen, That peace would always reign,

But history has a way of repeating, And now destruction and pain.

They said we were too civilized, That humanity had grown,

But greed and hate still linger, And now the fighting has begun.

They said diplomacy would work, That reason would prevail,

But leaders were consumed by power, And the innocent began to wail.