War Drums
"Quick, come with me, child" /
A whisper and paw in paw /
Made still by stray shots /
Drums of war are beaten fast /
Beaten with fresh children's bones /

"Either them or us" /
A warrant shouted unheard /
Made truth on numb ears /
Drums of war are beaten hard /
Beaten with young soldiers' bones /

"We can't leave our home" /
A rage burning deep inside /
Made to fill caskets /
Drums of war are beaten loud /
Beaten with old native bones /

"They are ours to take" /
A spoil of war, nothing more /
Made to be playthings /
Drums of war are beaten now /
Beaten with new victims' bones /

Ever-grinding wheel /
Fateless one unproviding /
Bone meal flour rations /
Endlessly marching to death /
To the beating of the dead.