Onward Western Soldiers
Onward Western Soldiers
Marched across the sand
Of the desert now a
graveyard
To a bombed and broken
land
There wasn’t much to see
No hospital no store
No stadium no playground
No window roof or door
Under obligation
They stayed there for a
while
Scared angry citizens
They questioned put on
trial
Some deemed insurgents
In prison cells confined
Festered in their hatred
For those of western kind
The westerners withdrew
On government advice
A weak administration
Was left to its device
The prison population
No longer now detained
Came flocking to the
caliph
Who prophesised and
reined
Gathering they listened
In numbers ever more
To Proclamations spoken
Liberation holy war
Weaponry was purchased
Ruthlessly deployed
Slavery rape torture
Justified enjoyed
They staked a destination
Declared a caliphate
Cities towns and villages
All now Islamic State
Ruled by ancient laws
From the seventh century
Executions filmed
For westerners to see
Human beings in terror
Of those barbaric laws
Sold their homes for
passage
To safer western shores
Wherefrom being called on
By those who preach
warfare
Jihadists crossed the
border
To train with ISIS there
Some of them returned
As refugees disguised
Innocent and guilty
Hence equally despised
Atrocities committed
In western cities now
Paranoia mounting
With every passing hour
Unanimously voted
Another war’s declared
Guns are locked and
loaded
Troops are well prepared
Satellites are spying
Ships are eastward bound
Guided drones are flying
Boots are on the ground
Onward western soldiers
March across the sand
Of the desert still a
graveyard
To a bombed and broken
land
Nothing left but ruins
The same as once before
No orphanage no hospital
No ceiling wall or floor
Here’s an obligation
Supposedly fulfilled
Cities smashed to rubble
The caliph captured
killed
Conquerors retreating
From suffering and pain
A holy man emerging
As the cycle starts again
