Tin Soldiers
Have we gone back in time?
Is it tin soldiers now we send to fight?
Who gave us the right?
Tin soldiers hurt and sometimes desert
They break and do not mend
Their life comes to an untimely end
A war they did not create
Yet, death is their ultimate fate
Do we still prey?
Whose fight is it anyway?
Tin soldiers are easy to replicate
One looks much like the other
Even though it’s their own mechanical brother
So who are we, to send tin soldiers to war?
To humans, tin soldiers are just machines and nothing more
We don’t want to fight wars anymore
Yet, tin soldiers are sent to war
To fight and die
Humans have the ultimate prize
As the last tin soldier dies
Toria
11/11/2023
V L Puckering aka Naked Poet©️2023
No claim to image credit to unknown artist
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