We’ve endured the stuff of nightmares,
Seen things you ought not see.
We’ve been to places you can’t go,
So others could live free.
We’ve put bodies through the torture,
that punish heart and soul.
Stood side by side with comrades,
lost friends to win a goal.
We’ve obeyed the laws of conflict,
Read the card and learnt the rules.
fought hard when the need came,
Led by lions and by fools.
we’ve come home lost and broken,
scars some can’t understand.
Abandoned now they’ve used us,
In a means most underhand.
We’re a tool for those in power,
A means towards a goal.
But they don’t see the carnage done,
Just another damaged soul.