RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AFGHANISTAN
Apology to Afghan Women
Is it better to have known freedom
And to have it taken from you
That to never know freedom at all?
Once upon a time we made a promise
We never intended to keep
We promised to give you liberty
A great and storied leap
But we did not keep that promise
And for that we apologize
Once upon a time we told the world
It was all about freedom and equality
The right to vote
The right to work
The right to speak freely
The right to an education
The right to worship as one pleases
We did not tell the truth
We fought for many reasons
But these were not among them
We fought for strategic advantage
We fought for an oil pipeline
We fought to prove to the world
That we were the baddest warriors
On the face of the earth
We fought for revenge
We fought for blood
We dropped our bombs and then forgot
We moved on to Iraq
We know now as our leaders knew then
It was a war we could not win
For that we must apologize