War in Poetry

War is imposed. The situation to go to war is made by those who have something to lose in the political realm. If war were a decision made on an individual level it would be a mere fight. The Leviathan, as referred to by Thomas Hobbes, or system to which we all belong, denies individuality. There are individuals that lead movements or even make pivotal decisions, but they are simply social figureheads and not individuals …

…questioning the righteousness of patriotism in a system with no reward. From Brecht’s workers to Sassoon’s purple hearts, true reward is absent. The ruling class does not allow for individual attention. The world is run with a sense of arrogance instead of respect. The funny thing is that the arrogance comes from the desire for respect. It is this reason that for every year of peace, there is four hundred years of war.