I lie in my hammock and think

I lie in my hammock and think
Of wars long ago.
I think of World War II,
Of men dying,
Hitler and Jews.
I think of Pearl Harbor
And the Japanese bombings
Of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
All the innocent people
Lost for no good cause or reason.

War is bad and evil
There are so many bad wars
I could not name them all
I hope that some day the wars are rid.

And all this time I sit and think,
Of all the men caught up in war
Who aren't there normal selves
And wars I wish that would not be.