Its a heinous crime

Bolivian soldiers
I can’t accept
the premise that
you would
stretch a live soul
on a frame
and kill them
because you could

strays, that’s souls
put out to fend for
themselves on
the street
after having been loved
in homes
which must unseat

the psyche, the emotions
its heinous and its vile
and being sentient
and humane
its hard to reconcile

how anybody in their
right mind
even trained in war
would participate
in such a cruel and
mindless sport
what for?

why, a living target?
it makes no sense at all
except perhaps in a lewd sick way
that you could over rule
your instincts not to want to kill
a living entity
and up against that awful wall
you break with decency

I say that
with a heavy heart
and hands that shake,
for I
can never realize
the pain
and woe that
must apply

to soldiers put in
this position
unless of course
they do
become more like machines
which all this war
is inclined to do

the training,
and the diet
and the consequences to
the human individual
who is clearly
turned into
a monster,
most horrific
dehumanized
and made
brainwashed
into thinking
its all part
of the trade

the soldiers breaks
and thus partakes
in sprees
of death until
there’s no way back
and by that time
of course
they can and will

sensitivity
deemed a weakness
clearly those bereft
of it
are the true warriors
the survivors
who are left

who will spill
the blood of babies
who will kill
and not be killed
who will carry out
whatever task
such practices
instilled

little do they realize
that the spirit overcomes
the sensitive will conquer
that mindless action, numbs
the warrior
becomes a weaker person
in that sense
and returning to
normality
remains forever tense

forever lost,
the fury and the evil
of the war
kills them in the end
they take their own lives
and whats more

remember every soul
they shot
no matter who they were
they cannot live, each face
comes back to haunt them
which all their so called comrades
can confer

Back to the troubled canines
swept up off the street
and taken to the training grounds
and strung up to complete
the vile and awful training
in Bolivia or elsewhere
that long term kills humanity
and heightens our despair

Lets join together
all of us
Lets light a candle for
the souls
that have been sacrificed
Target Practice
for the war

that takes its toll
on every
living creature
and on us, too
I beg you sign
the petition
for what else
can we do

Bolivia must now realize
its karma
shocks us all
and put an end
to this evil
by answering
our call